Case Name: Eric Joseph BURAS, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Rodney J. STRAIN, Jr., Sheriff of St. Tammany Parish; Marlin Peachey, Former Warden of St. Tammany Parish Jail; David Hanson, Captain of St. Tammany Parish Jail; Sheryl Ziegler, Deputy; Denny Moore, Deputy; Deputy Deloria, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-07-24
Citations: 338 F. App'x 435
Docket Number: No. 08-31045
Parties: Eric Joseph BURAS, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Rodney J. STRAIN, Jr., Sheriff of St. Tammany Parish; Marlin Peachey, Former Warden of St. Tammany Parish Jail; David Hanson, Captain of St. Tammany Parish Jail; Sheryl Ziegler, Deputy; Denny Moore, Deputy; Deputy Deloria, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before GARZA, CLEMENT, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 338
Pages: 435–437

Head Matter:
Eric Joseph BURAS, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Rodney J. STRAIN, Jr., Sheriff of St. Tammany Parish; Marlin Peachey, Former Warden of St. Tammany Parish Jail; David Hanson, Captain of St. Tammany Parish Jail; Sheryl Ziegler, Deputy; Denny Moore, Deputy; Deputy Deloria, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 08-31045
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
July 24, 2009.
Eric Joseph Buras, Covington, LA, pro se.
Robert Bradley Lewis, Talley, Anthony, Hughes & Knight, Mandeville, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before GARZA, CLEMENT, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Eric Joseph Buras has filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) on appeal. The district court denied Bu-ras's motion for leave to proceed IFP on appeal and certified that the appeal was not taken in good faith because "[djespite being given a chance to name suable defendants involved in the shakedown of his cell, [Buras] failed to do so." By moving for leave to proceed IFP in this court, Buras is challenging the district court's certification. See Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 (5th Cir.1997).
Buras asserts, without argument or citation to authority, that he did name the right defendants in this action because the sheriff and his command staff had jurisdiction and control over anyone who entered the parish jail, including the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DOC) officers who conducted the August 2006 shakedown search of his cell and confiscated and later destroyed his outgoing legal mail. This amounts to a claim of vicarious liability. The named defendants cannot be held vicariously liable for the acts of others under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Kohler v. Englade, 470 F.3d 1104, 1114-15 (5th Cir.2006); Thompkins v. Belt, 828 F.2d 298, 303-04 (5th Cir.1987).
Buras also states, without argument or authority, that the district court erred in finding no basis to suggest that DOC officers were subordinates to Sheriff Strain or his command staff during the shakedown, in its interpretation and application of Thompson v. Upshur County, Tex., 245 F.3d 447, 459 (5th Cir.2001), to his case, and in finding that Sheriff Strain, Warden Peachey, and Captain Hanson were entitled to qualified immunity under the Eleventh Amendment in their official capacities. Buras makes no arguments relevant to the June 2007 shakedown of his jail cell.
Buras has not shown that his appeal involves legal points arguable on their merits. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir.1983). Accordingly, Bu-ras's motion for IFP is denied, and his appeal is dismissed. See Baugh, 117 F.3d at 202 & n. 24; 5th Cir. R. 42.2.
The district court's dismissal of Buras's complaint and the instant dismissal of his appeal count as two strikes for the purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). See Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 387-88 (5th Cir.1996). Buras is cautioned that if he accumulates three strikes he will not be able to proceed IFP 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 § 1915(g).
IFP DENIED; 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.