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Date Created: 2017-05-04 00:03:54.607288+00
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Case: 16-40285      Document: 00513978480         Page: 1    Date Filed: 05/03/2017

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
                                                                         United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                  Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 16-40285                              FILED
                                                                             May 3, 2017

WILLIAM D. BROWDER,                                                        Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk
                                                 Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

TOM GAREY; S. FLECHER; BRYAN COLLIER; HOLLY BEARD, Hearing
Officer; DOMINIQUE ROSS NWAJEI; LORIE DAVIS,

                                                 Defendants-Appellees

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of Texas
                              USDC No. 3:14-CV-179

Before JOLLY, DAVIS, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       William D. Browder, Texas prisoner # 00549674, moves for leave to
proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) in an appeal of the district court’s dismissal of
his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint. His IFP motion is a challenge to the district
court’s certification that his appeal is not taken in good faith. See Baugh v.
Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 (5th Cir. 1997).

       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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. 16-40285

      In his amended § 1983 complaint, Browder alleged that officials with the
Texas Board of Pardon and Paroles and the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice unlawfully imprisoned him and violated his right to due process by
failing to afford him a preliminary hearing following his arrest on a pre-
revocation warrant, failing to hold his parole revocation hearing within the
time limits prescribed by Texas and federal law, and confining him in a prison
rather than a jail. He further asserted that his attorney failed to argue that
his rights had been violated. Finally, Browder contended that he should have
been released back on parole after the statutory deadline for providing him a
revocation hearing expired.
      We agree with the district court that Browder has not shown that he will
present a nonfrivolous issue on appeal. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220
(5th Cir. 1983). Accordingly, we deny his motion for leave to proceed IFP on
appeal and dismiss the appeal as frivolous. See Baugh, 117 F.3d at 202 n.24;
5TH CIR. R. 42.2.
      The district court’s dismissal of Browder’s § 1983 complaint and the
dismissal of this appeal as frivolous count as strikes under the three-strikes
provision in 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). See Coleman v. Tollefson, 135 S. Ct. 1759,
1761 (2015); Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 387-88 (5th Cir. 1996).
Browder is cautioned that if he accumulates another strike under § 1915(g), he
will not be permitted to proceed in forma pauperis 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 § 1915(g).
      MOTION FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED IFP DENIED; APPEAL
DISMISSED; SANCTION WARNING ISSUED

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