Opinion ID: 4526615
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Strike for Frivolousness

Text: The three-strikes provision, § 1915(g), states that after a prisoner files three civil “action[s] or appeal[s]” that are dismissed as “frivolous, malicious, or [for failure] to state a claim,” he is no longer entitled to proceed ifp unless he is in “imminent danger of serious physical injury.” A claim is frivolous “where it lacks an arguable basis either in law or fact.” Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989). Mr. Robinson has filed three civil rights cases, including this one, related to his pre-trial detention at the DDF. All of them have produced § 1915(g) strikes, first in Robinson v. Coffman, No. 18-cv-01455-GPG, 2019 WL 8223565 (D. Colo. Mar. 7, 5 2019), and then in Robinson v. Firman, No. 18-cv-01494 (D. Colo. Feb. 21, 2019), which were both dismissed as frivolous. Strike three was assessed in this case when the district court dismissed the amended complaint as frivolous. Robinson v. Hickenlooper, No. 18-cv-01453 (D. Colo. Apr. 23, 2019).4 Mr. Robinson’s brief simply reiterates his amended complaint’s conclusory averments—namely, that the booking fee violates due process and is part of a corrupt scheme to collect money from pre-trial detainees. He does not address the district court’s conclusion that his amended complaint was frivolous or attempt to demonstrate that his claims do not meet the § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i) standard for frivolity. We therefore assess the fourth strike here for a frivolous appeal.