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United States Court of Appeals
                                                                 Fifth Circuit
                                                              F I L E D
                IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                        FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT                December 1, 2006

                                                          Charles R. Fulbruge III
                                                                  Clerk
                             No. 05-11460
                           Summary Calendar

TODD CARO,

                                     Plaintiff-Appellant,

versus

NFN SPENCER, Police Officer, Addison Police Department; CHIEF OF
POLICE, Addison, Texas; CITY OF ADDISON, TEXAS,

                                     Defendants-Appellees.

                          --------------------
             Appeal from the United States District Court
                  for the Northern District of Texas
                         USDC No. 3:03-CV-2800
                          --------------------

Before DAVIS, BARKSDALE and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Todd Caro, Texas prisoner # 1116919, filed the instant

42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit to seek redress for the defendants’ alleged

use of excessive force, i.e. deadly force, against him.        The

district court dismissed his suit and certified that his appeal

was not taken in good faith.    Caro challenges the district

court’s certification decision pursuant to Baugh v. Taylor,

117 F.3d 197, 202 (5th Cir. 1997), and he requests that this

     *
       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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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. 05-11460
                                 -2-

court grant him authorization to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP)

on appeal.

     Caro maintained that Officer Paul Spencer shot him twice in

the back without any provocation.   The summary judgment evidence

produced by Spencer refuted this contention, and Caro responded

with no evidence to create a genuine issue of material fact.      The

district court’s dismissal of Caro’s suit was proper.     See

Resident Council v. United States Dep’t of Hous. and Urban Dev.,

980 F.2d 1043, 1050 (5th Cir. 1993).

     Caro has failed to show that his appeal involves “legal

points arguable on their merits (and therefore not frivolous)”.

Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983) (internal

quotation marks and citation omitted).     Accordingly, his motion

for authorization to proceed IFP on appeal is denied, and his

appeal is dismissed as frivolous.    See Baugh, 117 F.3d at 202

& n.24; 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.

     The dismissal of Caro’s appeal as frivolous by this court

counts as a strike under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).     See Adepegba v.

Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 387-88 (5th Cir. 1996).    Caro is cautioned

that once he accumulates three strikes, he may not 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 § 1915(g).

     MOTION DENIED; APPEAL DISMISSED; SANCTION WARNING ISSUED.