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Case: 23-30108    Document: 00516944487       Page: 1    Date Filed: 10/25/2023

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

                              ____________                         FILED
                                                            October 25, 2023
                               No. 23-30108                     Lyle W. Cayce
                             Summary Calendar                        Clerk
                             ____________

   Dennis Ray Davis, Jr., on behalf of G A P Investments
   S.L.L.C., Individually and, doing business as Davis Products &
   Services L.L.C., doing business as Affordable Construction &
   Trackhoe Service L.L.C., doing business as Affordable Fence
   Company, doing business as United Fence & Security L.L.C.,
   doing business as D P S Automotive & Collision Center
   L.L.C., doing business as Jumpers & More, doing business as D P S
   Services & Development,

                                                        Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                    versus

   Caddo Department of Public Works; James R. Martin
   Building & Demolition; Woodrow Wilson, Jr., Individually
   and in his official capacity; James R. Martin, Individually; James R.
   Martin Building and Remodeling L.L.C.; Commission
   Office Caddo Parish; Sheriffs Office of Caddo Parish;
   Steve Prator,

                                          Defendants—Appellees.
                 ______________________________

                 Appeal from the United States District Court
                    for the Western District of Louisiana
                          USDC No. 5:22-CV-1567
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Case: 23-30108         Document: 00516944487             Page: 2      Date Filed: 10/25/2023

                                          No. 23-30108

   Before Higginbotham, Stewart, and Southwick, Circuit
   Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
          Dennis Ray Davis, Jr., Louisiana prisoner # 469947, initiated a
   42 U.S.C. § 1983 action, alleging his constitutional rights had been violated.
   Some claims relate to the demolition of his property. Others involve the
   failure of the defendants to release him on bail after he turned himself in to
   find out why he had been charged with armed robbery, armed robbery with
   the use of a firearm, and attempted murder. The district court dismissed
   Davis’s claims concerning the demolition of his property as time barred and,
   thus, for failure to state a claim for relief and as frivolous. See 28 U.S.C. §
   1915A(b)(1). The court dismissed Davis’s claims regarding the failure to
   release him on bail as duplicative and, thus, malicious and frivolous.
          We find no error in the district court’s determination that Davis’s
   claims concerning the demolition of his property are time barred by
   Louisiana’s one-year personal injury statute of limitations. See Stringer v.
   Town of Jonesboro, 986 F.3d 502, 509-10 (5th Cir. 2021). Accordingly, the
   claims were properly dismissed. Gonzales v. Wyatt, 157 F.3d 1016, 1019-20
   (5th Cir. 1998).
          The district court was correct that Davis’s claims concerning the
   failure to release him on bail are duplicative of claims that Davis raised in
   other proceedings. See, e.g., Davis v. Police Dep’t of Shreveport, No. 21-30172,
   2022 WL 2867161, at *1 (5th Cir. July 21, 2022) (unpublished). Those claims
   were properly dismissed. Id.; see also Shakouri v. Davis, 923 F.3d 407, 410
   (5th Cir. 2019).

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              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.

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                                     No. 23-30108

          Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED. We
   have previously warned Davis that future repetitive filings would subject him
   to sanctions. Davis, 2022 WL 2867161, at *1. Notwithstanding this warning,
   Davis has continued to file repetitive pleadings.
          Davis is ORDERED to pay a monetary sanction in the amount of
   $100 to the clerk of this court. He is BARRED from filing any pleading in
   this court or in any court subject to its jurisdiction until the sanction is paid
   unless he first obtains leave of the court in which he seeks to file a pleading.
          Davis is WARNED that any future frivolous, repetitive, or otherwise
   abusive filings will invite the imposition of additional and progressively more
   severe sanctions, which may include dismissal, further monetary sanctions,
   and restrictions on his ability to file pleadings in this court and any court
   subject to this court’s jurisdiction. Davis should review any pending matters
   and move to dismiss any that are frivolous, repetitive, or otherwise abusive.
   Davis is REMINDED that he is barred under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) from
   proceeding 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 physical injury. See Davis, 2022 WL 2867161, at *1.

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