Case Name: Charles Ray ALEXANDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT CRIMINAL JUSTICE RAMSEY II UNIT; R. Trinci, Warden, D. Lorimer, Assistant Warden; NFN Roosevelt, Mr., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-10-21
Citations: 78 F. App'x 369
Docket Number: No. 03-40469
Parties: Charles Ray ALEXANDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT CRIMINAL JUSTICE RAMSEY II UNIT; R. Trinci, Warden, D. Lorimer, Assistant Warden; NFN Roosevelt, Mr., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 78
Pages: 369–370

Head Matter:
Charles Ray ALEXANDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT CRIMINAL JUSTICE RAMSEY II UNIT; R. Trinci, Warden, D. Lorimer, Assistant Warden; NFN Roosevelt, Mr., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 03-40469.
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Oct. 21, 2003.
Charles Ray Alexander, #786374, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Rosharon, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Harold Joseph Liller, Jr., Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Charles Ray Alexander ("Alexander") appeals the district court's dismissal without prejudice of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint for failure to exhaust his administrative remedies, as required by the Prison Litigation Reform Act ("PLRA"), 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a). Alexander has also filed a motion to file his reply brief out of time. That motion is GRANTED.
In his appellate brief, Alexander does not address the district court's conclusion that he failed to exhaust administrative remedies. Although Alexander raises the issue in his reply brief, he abandoned the issue, as it was not raised and argued in his initial appellate brief. Cousin v. Trans Union Corp., 246 F.3d 359, 373 n. 22 (5th Cir.2001). Failure to identify an error in the district court's analysis is the same as if the appellant had not appealed the judgment. See Brinkmann v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir.1987). Because Alexander does not contest the district court's conclusion that he failed to satisfy the exhaustion requirement until his reply brief, he has waived the only issue relevant to his appeal. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 225 (5th Cir.1993) (issues not briefed are deemed abandoned).
Alexander's appeal is without arguable merit and is thus frivolous. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir.1983). Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED. 5th Cir. R. 42.2. The dismissal of this appeal counts as a "strike" for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). See Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 387 (5th Cir. 1996). We caution Alexander 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).
MOTION GRANTED; APPEAL DISMISSED; 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.