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Date Created: 2023-04-01 00:00:46.762903+00
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Case: 22-10802        Document: 00516696593             Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/31/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                              United States Court of Appeals
                                      No. 22-10802                                     Fifth Circuit

                                     ____________                                    FILED
                                                                                March 31, 2023
   Michael S. Owl Feather-Gorbey,                                               Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                     Clerk
                                                                   Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                            versus

   United States of America, Administrator, FBOP Designation
   Center, Grand Prairie Texas,

                                               Defendant—Appellee.
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                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Northern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 3:22-CV-566
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   Before Haynes, Engelhardt, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
         Michael S. Owl Feather-Gorbey, federal prisoner # 33405-013, filed a
   complaint that the district court construed, in part, to allege due process
   violations under Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of
   Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971). Feather-Gorbey also moved to proceed in
   forma pauperis (IFP). The district court dismissed the complaint as barred

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         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   by the three strikes rule in 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). It then denied Feather-
   Gorbey’s motions for reconsideration under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
   59(e). Feather-Gorbey subsequently filed a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
   60(b) motion for reconsideration. After the magistrate judge recommended
   denial of the Rule 60(b) motion, Feather-Gorbey filed a conditional notice of
   appeal stating that he seeks to appeal if the district court denies his motion
   for reconsideration and his request to proceed under § 1915(g). To this date,
   the district court has not accepted the magistrate judge’s recommendation
   or otherwise ruled on the Rule 60(b) motion.
          We construe Feather-Gorbey’s notice of appeal as an attempt to
   challenge the district court’s denial of his still-pending Rule 60(b) motion.
   Because he seeks to appeal a non-final, prospective ruling of the district
   court, the notice of appeal is premature, and this court lacks jurisdiction over
   the appeal. See United States v. Cooper, 135 F.3d 960, 961-63 (5th Cir. 1998);
   Mosley v. Cozby, 813 F.2d 659, 660 (5th Cir. 1987).
          Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED, and Feather-Gorbey’s IFP
   motion in this court is DENIED as unnecessary.              If Feather-Gorbey
   chooses, he may perfect a timely appeal from the district court’s ruling on his
   Rule 60(b) motion if it is denied. See Mosley, 813 F.2d at 660. However, he
   is CAUTIONED that he is still subject to the § 1915(g) bar and that any
   future frivolous or repetitive filings in this court or any court subject to this
   court’s jurisdiction may subject him to additional strikes or sanctions, as will
   the failure to withdraw any pending matters that are frivolous, repetitive, or
   otherwise abusive. We further remind Feather-Gorbey that until the $100
   sanction imposed in Feather-Gorbey v. NFN NLN, No. 20-10863, is paid, he
   is barred from filing any pleading in this court or in any court subject to this
   court’s jurisdiction without the advance written permission of a judge of the
   forum court.

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