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Case: 23-30770            Document: 27-1         Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/14/2024

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

                                   ____________                                FILED
                                                                          March 14, 2024
                                    No. 23-30770
                                                                          Lyle W. Cayce
                                  Summary Calendar                             Clerk
                                  ____________

Spencer Will Henry,

                                                                  Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                          versus

State of Louisiana; Jeff Landry, Attorney General,

                                            Defendants—Appellees.
                   ______________________________

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Middle District of Louisiana
                             USDC No. 3:23-CV-547
                   ______________________________

Before Willett, Duncan, and Ramirez, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam:*
       Spencer Will Henry, Louisiana prisoner # 344747, appeals the district
court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint for failure to state a claim
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) and 1915A(b)(1). We review the
dismissal de novo. Legate v. Livingston, 822 F.3d 207, 209-10 (5th Cir. 2016).

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       *
           This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                  No. 23-30770

       Henry has abandoned, by failure to brief, any challenge to the
dismissal of his complaint. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th
Cir. 1993). In any event, the district court did not err in concluding that his
claims, which asserted that his conviction and confinement based on a non-
unanimous jury verdict violated his constitutional rights, were not properly
brought under § 1983 and could be brought only in a habeas proceeding. See
Poree v. Collins, 866 F.3d 235, 243 (5th Cir. 2017).
       Accordingly, the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED. The
dismissal of Henry’s complaint counts as a strike under § 1915(g). See
Coleman v. Tollefson, 575 U.S. 532, 534 (2015). Henry is WARNED that, if
he accumulates three strikes, he may not proceed in forma pauperis in any
civil action or appeal while he is incarcerated or detained in any facility unless
he is in imminent danger of serious physical injury. § 1915(g).

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