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Date Created: 2024-04-26 00:00:52.124163+00
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Case: 23-10889           Document: 44-1         Page: 1      Date Filed: 04/25/2024

          United States Court of Appeals
               for the Fifth Circuit
                                  ____________
                                                                            United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                     Fifth Circuit
                                   No. 23-10889
                                 Summary Calendar                                  FILED
                                 ____________                                  April 25, 2024
                                                                              Lyle W. Cayce
Daniel Neal,                                                                       Clerk

                                                                 Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                         versus

April Demaroney, Captain of Correctional Officer;
Terry Raines, Disciplinary Hearing Officer;
Jason Hardegree, Assistant Warden;
B. Barnett, Program Supervisor of Offender Grievance,

                                           Defendants—Appellees.
                  ______________________________

                  Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Northern District of Texas
                            USDC No. 2:20-CV-108
                  ______________________________

Before Smith, Higginson, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam: *
      Daniel Neal, Texas prisoner #1624027, appeals the dismissal of his
pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint. He also has filed various motions seeking
the appointment of counsel.

      _____________________
      *
          This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 23-10889        Document: 44-1       Page: 2     Date Filed: 04/25/2024

                                  No. 23-10889

       When Neal filed his notice of appeal and moved to proceed in forma
pauperis (“IFP”), he had, on at least three occasions while incarcerated,
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 upon which relief could
be granted. See Neal v. Andrews, No. 2:17-CV-149, 2020 WL 587819, 2-3
(N.D. Tex. Feb. 6, 2020) (unpublished); Neal v. Vogelgesang, No. 2:18-CV-
26, 2020 WL 6585870, 2-3 (N.D. Tex. Nov. 10, 2020) (unpublished); Neal
v. Foley, No. 2:17-CV-232, 2021 WL 107208, 2 (N.D. Tex. Jan. 12, 2021)
(unpublished). He is therefore 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 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).
       There is no allegation, nor does the record reflect, that Neal was under
imminent danger of serious physical injury when he filed his notice of appeal
or IFP motion. See id. Thus, the district court improvidently granted him
leave to proceed IFP on appeal.
       Accordingly, Neal’s IFP status is DECERTIFIED, and the appeal
is DISMISSED. Neal has 30 days from the date of this opinion to pay the
full appellate filing fee to the clerk of the district court, should he wish to
reinstate his appeal.    His motions for the appointment of counsel are
DENIED without prejudice to refiling, if he reinstates this appeal.

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