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Case: 11-30953     Document: 00511734498         Page: 1     Date Filed: 01/24/2012

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT  United States Court of Appeals
                                                    Fifth Circuit

                                                                            FILED
                                                                         January 24, 2012
                                     No. 11-30953
                                   Summary Calendar                        Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk

CARLOS A. MCGREW,

                                                  Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY MENTAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT;
KATIE ARD, Doctor; DAVE ANKENBRAND; CAROL GILCREASE, Director;
JOHN DOES; N. BURL CAIN, Warden; KENNETH NORRIS, Warden;
JONATHAN A. ROUNDTREE, Doctor; CHAD MENZINA, Unit Manager; RAY
VITTORIO, Colonel; TRENT BARTON, Administrative Major; LOUISIANA
STATE PENITENTIARY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT; JAMES LEBLANC,
Department of Corrections, Secretary,

                                                  Defendants-Appellees

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Middle District of Louisiana
                             USDC No. 3:11-CV-549

Before BENAVIDES, STEWART, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
        Carlos A. McGrew, Texas prisoner # 413135, moves for leave to proceed in
forma pauperis (IFP) on appeal from the district court’s dismissal of his action
without prejudice for failing to pay the court’s filing fee. McGrew’s motion for

       *
         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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.
   Case: 11-30953    Document: 00511734498      Page: 2   Date Filed: 01/24/2012

                                  No. 11-30953

leave to proceed IFP in the district court was denied pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 1915(g) on the grounds that McGrew had, on more than three prior occasions,
while incarcerated, brought an action in federal court that was dismissed as
frivolous or for failure to state a claim, and McGrew’s claims did not reflect that
McGrew was under “imminent danger of serious physical injury.” § 1915(g). In
McGrew’s motion for IFP filed in this court, he argues that at the time he filed
his complaint in the district court, he was under “imminent danger of serious
physical injury” due to (1) exposure to extreme heat and harsh living conditions
at the prison, and (2) deprivation of adequate mental health care, specifically,
the withholding of medication to combat the side effects of Risperdal, one of his
prescribed medications.
      The determination whether a prisoner is under “imminent danger” must
be made at the time the prisoner seeks to file his suit in district court, when he
files his notice of appeal, or when he moves for IFP status. Baños v. O’Guin,
144 F.3d 883, 884-85 (5th Cir. 1998). Thus, in this case, we analyze whether
McGrew was under imminent danger at the time that he filed his appellate IFP
motion. See id. McGrew does not assert, much less establish, that he was under
imminent danger of serious physical injury when he filed his appellate IFP
motion. See Baños, 144 F.3d at 884-85.
      IT IS ORDERED that McGrew’s motion for leave to proceed IFP is
DENIED, and the appeal is DISMISSED. The appeal may be reinstated if
McGrew pays the appellate filing fee within 30 days of this dismissal.

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