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Date Created: 2023-05-22 18:00:50.457904+00
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Case: 22-40449         Document: 00516758447             Page: 1      Date Filed: 05/22/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
                                      ____________                     United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                Fifth Circuit

                                                                              FILED
                                       No. 22-40449                       May 22, 2023
                                      ____________
                                                                         Lyle W. Cayce
   Cornel Jackie Drummer,                                                     Clerk

                                                                     Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                             versus

   Ken Maynard, III; Aaron Mohantly; Dr. Hague, Medical
   Doctor; University of Texas Medical Branch Medical
   Staff, George Beto Unit,

                                               Defendants—Appellees.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Southern District of Texas
                                USDC No. 3:19-CV-387
                      ______________________________

   Before Elrod, Graves, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
          Cornel Jackie Drummer, Texas prisoner # 00619316, appeals from the
   dismissal of his civil rights action as frivolous and for failure to state a claim
   on which relief may be granted. Drummer filed the action pursuant to 42
   U.S.C. § 1983 to complain of alleged deliberate indifference to his serious

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   medical needs. Currently pending before this court are several motions filed
   by Drummer.
          Because Drummer has not shown exceptional circumstances, his
   motion for the appointment of counsel is DENIED. See Ulmer v. Chancellor,
   691 F.2d 209, 212-13 (5th Cir. 1982). Drummer recently paid the appellate
   filing fee, and therefore his motion to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) on
   appeal is DENIED as moot. Drummer’s two motions for judicial notice are
   also DENIED.
          An appeal should be dismissed upon the hearing of any interlocutory
   motion where “it appears to the court that the appeal is frivolous and entirely
   without merit.”     5th Cir. R. 42.2.           Our thorough examination of
   Drummer’s brief and the record reveals no nonfrivolous issue. The brief
   raises only one concrete argument. Contrary to Drummer’s contention, the
   district court did not err by dismissing his civil action sua sponte without
   ordering a response from the defendants. See Green v. McKaskle, 788 F.2d
   1116, 1119 (5th Cir. 1986); 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii).            Because
   Drummer’s appeal is frivolous and without any arguable merit, it is
   DISMISSED. See 5th Cir. R. 42.2.
          The district court’s dismissal counts as one strike under § 1915(g),
   and Drummer incurs an additional strike for this frivolous appeal. See
   Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 388 (5th Cir. 1996), abrogated in part on
   other grounds by Coleman v. Tollefson, 575 U.S. 532, 537 (2015). Drummer is
   WARNED that if he accumulates three strikes, he will no longer be allowed
   to 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 bodily injury. See § 1915(g).

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