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Date Created: 2024-03-28 00:00:41.682559+00
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Case: 23-40385            Document: 58-1         Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/27/2024

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

                                                                                      FILED
                                    No. 23-40385                                   March 27, 2024
                                  Summary Calendar
                                                                                   Lyle W. Cayce
                                  ____________                                          Clerk

Jewell Thomas,

                                                                  Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                          versus

Andrew Nino; Gage Rivas; Matthew Herrera; Elbert
Holmes; Issac Kwarteng; Bryan Collier,

                                            Defendants—Appellees.
                   ______________________________

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Southern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 2:22-CV-252
                   ______________________________

Before Barksdale, Graves, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam:*
       Proceeding in forma pauperis (IFP), Jewell Thomas, Texas prisoner
# 02350417, contests the dismissal of his action for which he proceeded pro
se in district court, against several prison employees. When Thomas filed his
notice of appeal and moved for leave to proceed IFP, he had, on at least three

       _____________________
       *
           This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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prior occasions, brought an action or appeal in a court of the United States
that was dismissed as frivolous, malicious, or for failure to state a claim. See
Thomas v. Carter, No. 2:22-cv-133 (S.D. Tex. Nov. 1, 2022); Thomas v.
Sanchez, No. 2:22-cv-129 (S.D. Tex. Nov. 17, 2022); Thomas v. Samuel, No.
2:22-cv-158 (S.D. Tex. Feb. 3, 2023).
         He is therefore prevented from proceeding IFP in any civil action or
appeal filed while he is incarcerated or detained in any facility unless he is in
imminent danger of serious physical injury.           See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g)
(outlining IFP three-strike rule). Thomas does not allege, and the record
does not show, he was under imminent danger of serious physical injury when
he filed his notice of appeal or his IFP motion at issue. See id. Accordingly,
the district court improvidently granted him leave to proceed IFP on appeal.
         If he chooses to reinstate his appeal, Thomas has 30 days from the date
of this opinion to pay the full appellate filing fee to the clerk of the district
court.
         SECTION 1915(g) BAR IMPOSED; IFP DECERTIFIED;
APPEAL DISMISSED.

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