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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                            No. 00-10904
                        Conference Calendar

CHRISTOPHER WILBON,

                                         Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus

GERALD CRITZ, Police Officer with Lubbock
Police Department, S. MORRIS, Police Officer with
Lubbock Police Department, ANDREW DOBBS, Police
Officer with Lubbock Police Department,

                                         Defendants-Appellees.

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          Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Northern District of Texas
                     USDC No. 5:99-CV-144-BG
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                          April 10, 2001

Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Christopher Wilbon (#894065), a Texas state prisoner, has

appealed the magistrate judge's order dismissing his civil rights

complaint as frivolous and for failure to state a claim upon

which relief can be granted.   See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B).

Wilbon has failed to show that the magistrate judge erred or

abused her discretion in applying the rule in Heck v. Humphrey,

512 U.S. 477, 486-87 (1994).   See Berry v. Brady, 192 F.3d 504,

506 (5th Cir. 1999) (standard of review).

     *
       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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
                            No. 00-10904
                                 -2-

     Because the appeal is frivolous, it is DISMISSED.   See

Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983); 5TH CIR.

R. 42.2.   The dismissal of the instant appeal and the dismissal

as frivolous or for failure to state a claim by the magistrate

judge each count as a strike for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).

See Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 387-88 (5th Cir. 1996).

We caution Wilbon that once he accumulates three strikes, he will

not be permitted 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 physical

injury.    See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).

     APPEAL DISMISSED.