Case Name: Robert Jerome NEWSOME, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXAS BOARD OF PARDON & PAROLE; Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Executive Director, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-02-23
Citations: 124 F. App'x 256
Docket Number: No. 04-20461
Parties: Robert Jerome NEWSOME, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXAS BOARD OF PARDON & PAROLE; Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Executive Director, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before BARKSDALE, GARZA, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 124
Pages: 256–257

Head Matter:
Robert Jerome NEWSOME, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXAS BOARD OF PARDON & PAROLE; Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Executive Director, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 04-20461.
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Feb. 23, 2005.
Robert Jerome Newsome, # 650726, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Fort Stockton, TX, pro se.
Before BARKSDALE, GARZA, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Robert Jerome Newsome, Texas prisoner # 650726, appeals the district court's 28 U.S.C. § 1915A dismissal as frivolous of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint, asserting that the defendants violated his constitutional rights in determining his parole eligibility and in calculating his sentence. We review a 28 U.S.C. § 1915A dismissal as frivolous for an abuse of discretion. See Martin v. Scott, 156 F.3d 578, 580 (5th Cir.1998).
Newsome contends that he is not challenging the fact or duration of his confinement and that the district court erred in determining that his suit is barred by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 114 S.Ct. 2364, 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994). Contrary to Newsome's contentions, he is challenging his continued confinement. Because New-some brought his claims in a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action and because success in this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action would necessarily imply the invalidity of his continued confinement, the claims are barred by Heck, and the district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing the suit as frivolous. See McGrew v. Texas Bd. of Pardons & Paroles, 47 F.3d 158, 161 (5th Cir.1995). Newsome's argument that the district court erred in denying his motions for a default judgment is meritless. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A.
Accordingly, the judgment is AFFIRMED. The district court's dismissal of Newsome's complaint counts as a strike for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). See Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 38788 (5th Cir.1996). Newsome is cautioned that once he accumulates three strikes, he may not proceed in forma pauperis in any civil action or appeal filed while he is incarcerated or detained in any facility unless he is under imminent danger of serious physical injury. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).
AFFIRMED; SANCTION WARNING ISSUED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.