Court Opinion

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                            No. 01-60118
                        Conference Calendar

JOHNNY O’BRYANT, JR.,

                                         Plaintiff-Appellant,

versus

THOMAS G. TAYLOR, Warden at Bolivar County Regional
Correctional Facility; ELMORE SELLERS, Deputy Warden at
Bolivar County Regional Correctional Facility; CAROL BOONE,
Classification and Offender Service, Bolivar County Regional
Correctional Facility; KAREN TANNER, Official Court Reporter,
11th Circuit District Court; AELICIA THOMAS, Attorney,
MSB # 10792; KENNETH L. THOMAS, Attorney,

                                         Defendants-Appellees.

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          Appeal from the United States District Court
            for the Northern District of Mississippi
                    USDC No. 2:00-CV-259-D-B
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                          June 13, 2001

Before WIENER, DeMOSS, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Johnny O’Bryant, Jr., Mississippi prisoner # 41117, appeals,

pro se, the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint for

failure to state a claim.   O’Bryant’s motion for appointment of

counsel is denied.

     O’Bryant seeks damages, claiming the defendants violated his

rights, resulting in his false imprisonment.   As O’Bryant has not

     *
        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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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.
                            No. 01-60118
                                 -2-

shown that either his conviction, his sentence, or his probation

revocation has been overturned, expunged, or otherwise

invalidated, the district court properly dismissed his complaint

as barred by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 486-87.      See also

Jackson v. Vannoy, 49 F.3d 175, 177 (5th Cir. 1995)(Heck applied

to a probation revocation proceeding).      The judgment of the

district court is affirmed.

     The district court’s dismissal of O’Bryant’s complaint as

frivolous counts as a “strike” under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).

See Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 387-88 (5th Cir. 1996).

O’Bryant is cautioned that if he 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).

     JUDGMENT AFFIRMED.    MOTION DENIED.    SANCTION WARNING ISSUED.