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Case: 22-40251         Document: 00516614465             Page: 1      Date Filed: 01/18/2023

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

                                       No. 22-40251
                                                                                         FILED
                                                                                  January 18, 2023
                                     Summary Calendar
                                     ____________                                     Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                           Clerk
   Donald Foster,

                                                                    Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                             versus

   Billy Jackson, Assistant Warden; Jody Vincent, Major; Officer
   McGala; Officer Duff,

                                               Defendants—Appellees.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Eastern District of Texas
                                USDC No. 9:20-CV-166
                      ______________________________

   Before King, Jones, and Smith, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
          Donald Foster, Texas prisoner # 1038609, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983
   action against various prison officials at the Polunsky Unit, alleging that they
   were depriving him of his personal property, exposing him to extreme heat,
   and discriminating against him based on his race. He moved the district court
   to grant him a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the officials. The

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              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   district court accepted the magistrate judge’s recommendation to deny the
   TRO motion as moot because the Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s
   website reflected that Foster was no longer housed at the Polunsky Unit.
   Foster now appeals the denial and moves for leave to proceed in forma
   pauperis (IFP) on appeal.
          Our jurisdiction is limited to appeals from final decisions of the district
   courts.     28 U.S.C. § 1291.     Certain interlocutory orders pertaining to
   injunctions are immediately appealable under 28 U.S.C. § 1292. However,
   we do not have appellate jurisdiction over the denial of an application for a
   TRO because it does not qualify as an “injunction” under § 1292(a)(1).
   Matter of Lieb, 915 F.2d 180, 183 (5th Cir. 1990) (internal quotation marks
   omitted).
          Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED, and Foster’s IFP motion is
   DENIED AS UNNECESSARY. Foster is reminded that, because he has
   accumulated at least three strikes under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), he is barred
   from proceeding IFP 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 § 1915(g).

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