Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2010-04-25 07:09:26+00
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                        FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                             No. 98-50842
                         Conference Calendar

GEORGE CLAY,

                                            Plaintiff-Appellant,

versus

HASSEL R. TERRY;
BENNY BOYKIN; REX MOORE,

                                            Defendants-Appellees.

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          Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Western District of Texas
                       USDC No. W-98-CV-215
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                            June 15, 1999

Before EMILIO M. GARZA, BENAVIDES, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     George Clay, Texas prisoner # 658987, is BARRED from

proceeding in forma pauperis (IFP) under the Prison Litigation

Reform Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), because, on at least three prior

occasions while incarcerated, Clay has brought an action or

appeal in a court of the United States that was dismissed as

frivolous or for failure to state a claim upon which relief could

be granted.    Clay v. Stevenson, No. V-95-106 (S.D. Tex. Nov. 7,

1996) (order and judgment dismissing as frivolous civil action

     *
        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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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.
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against state court judge); Clay v. Jones, No. V-96063 (S.D. Tex.

Aug. 8, 1996) (order and judgment dismissing as frivolous 42

U.S.C. § 1983 complaint challenging validity of conviction); and

Clay v. Court of Criminal Appeals, No. 1:96-CV-232 (W.D. Tex.

Aug. 19, 1996) (dismissal of action as frivolous).    One Texas

district court has already dismissed a civil rights complaint

filed by Clay pursuant to the three-strikes rule.     See Clay v.

Filley, No. V-97-121 (S.D. Tex. Feb. 19, 1998).

     Accordingly, Clay’s IFP status is DECERTIFIED, and he may

not proceed IFP in any civil action or appeal filed while he is

in prison unless he is under imminent danger of serious physical

injury.   See § 1915(g).   The appeal is DISMISSED.

     Clay has 15 days from the date of this opinion to pay the

full appellate filing fee of $105 to the clerk of the district

court, should he wish to reinstate his appeal.

     IFP DECERTIFIED; APPEAL DISMISSED.