Case Name: Baso E. HARPER, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Doug DRETKE, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division; William T. Fisher; Kristin W. Knutson; George C. Webster, Captain; Wayne A. Bowman, Counsel Substitute, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-04-23
Citations: 225 F. App'x 297
Docket Number: No. 06-20537
Parties: Baso E. HARPER, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Doug DRETKE, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division; William T. Fisher; Kristin W. Knutson; George C. Webster, Captain; Wayne A. Bowman, Counsel Substitute, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 225
Pages: 297–297

Head Matter:
Baso E. HARPER, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Doug DRETKE, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division; William T. Fisher; Kristin W. Knutson; George C. Webster, Captain; Wayne A. Bowman, Counsel Substitute, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 06-20537
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
April 23, 2007.
Baso E. Harper, Jr., Huntsville, TX, pro se.
Before JOLLY, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Baso E. Harper, Jr., Texas prisoner # 1079380, has appealed the district court's order dismissing his civil rights complaint as frivolous and for failure to state a claim. Harper alleged in his complaint that he suffered injuries when a prison guard pushed him in the chest following an altercation and that prison officials delayed obtaining him medical treatment for one hour and a half, thereby demonstrating deliberate indifference to his medical needs.
Harper's appeal is without arguable merit and is frivolous. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 219-20 (5th Cir.1983). Because the appeal is frivolous it is DISMISSED. See 5th Cir. 42.2.
Harper has previously accumulated one strike for 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) purposes. See Harper v. Bell County Texas, No. W-02-CA-161 (S.D.Tex.6/17/2003). The district court's dismissal of Harper's complaint and this court's dismissal of this appeal both count as additional strikes. See Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 387-88 (5th Cir.1996). Harper may no longer proceed IFP in any civil action or appeal while he is incarcerated or detained in any facility unless he is under imminent danger of serious physical injury. § 1915(g).
APPEAL DISMISSED; 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) SANCTIONS IMPOSED.
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.