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Case: 09-60874     Document: 00511245135          Page: 1    Date Filed: 09/27/2010

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT  United States Court of Appeals
                                                    Fifth Circuit

                                                 FILED
                                                                        September 27, 2010
                                     No. 09-60874
                                   Summary Calendar                         Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                 Clerk

GARY D. ALLEN,

                                                   Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

MICHELLE GUNN; NORTHROP GRUMMAN SHIP SYSTEMS; RON
WOODALL, Doctor; CHRISTOPHER EPPS,

                                                   Defendants-Appellees

                   Appeals from the United States District Court
                      for the Southern District of Mississippi
                              USDC No. 1:08-CV-393

Before DENNIS, CLEMENT, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
        Gary D. Allen, Mississippi prisoner # 103328, filed a pro se civil rights
complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that the defendants denied him
access to medical care. The parties consented to proceed before a magistrate
judge, who dismissed Allen’s complaint on the ground that he failed to state a
claim against the defendants for constitutionally inadequate medical care. The
MJ granted Allen leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) on appeal, but denied

       *
         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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR .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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                                 No. 09-60874

Allen’s request for a transcript of the hearing held pursuant to Spears v.
McCotter, 766 F.2d 179 (5th Cir. 1985), on May 12, 2009. Allen now moves this
court for a copy of the transcript at government expense.
       Allen cannot satisfy the criteria for obtaining a transcript at government
expense set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 753(f) because his appeal is frivolous. See
Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 219-20 (5th Cir. 1983). Allen’s allegations, if
true, amount to nothing more than a disagreement with medical treatment,
which is insufficient to give rise to a § 1983 claim. See Gobert v. Caldwell, 463
F.3d 339, 346 (5th Cir. 2006); Domino v. Texas Dep’t of Criminal Justice, 239
F.3d 752, 756 (5th Cir. 2001). Accordingly, Allen’s motion for a transcript at
government expense is denied, and the appeal is dismissed as frivolous. See 5 TH
C IR. R. 42.2.
       We caution Allen that dismissal of this appeal as frivolous and the MJ’s
dismissal of his complaint for failure to state a claim each count as a strike. See
Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 385-87 (5th Cir. 1996).                If Allen
accumulates three strikes under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), he will not be able to
proceed 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).
       MOTION DENIED; APPEAL DISMISSED; SANCTION WARNING
ISSUED.

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