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Case: 23-30279        Document: 00516903434             Page: 1      Date Filed: 09/21/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit                                   United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                   Fifth Circuit

                                     ____________                                FILED
                                                                         September 21, 2023
                                      No. 23-30279
                                                                            Lyle W. Cayce
                                    Summary Calendar                             Clerk
                                    ____________

   Ronny Lee Thomas,

                                                                    Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                            versus

   Tony R. Moore, Sheriff Officer Lieutenant; Steve Prator, Sheriff
   Department Chief,

                                              Defendants—Appellees.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Western District of Louisiana
                              USDC No. 5:22-CV-6232
                     ______________________________

   Before Elrod, Oldham, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
         Ronny Lee Thomas appeals the district court’s dismissal with
   prejudice of his pro se 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action as frivolous and malicious
   under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i). We review the district court’s dismissal

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         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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                                    No. 23-30279

   under § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i) for an abuse of discretion. See Shakouri v. Davis,
   923 F.3d 407, 410 (5th Cir. 2019).
          An action may be dismissed as frivolous or malicious if it duplicates
   claims raised by the same plaintiff in previous or pending litigation. See
   Pittman v. Moore, 980 F.2d 994, 994-95 (5th Cir. 1993); Wilson v. Lynaugh,
   878 F.2d 846, 850 (5th Cir. 1989); Bailey v. Johnson, 846 F.2d 1019, 1021 (5th
   Cir. 1988).    The district court noted that Thomas’s complaint was
   duplicative of a federal action he had previously filed, which had been
   dismissed with prejudice. Thomas has not shown that the district court
   abused its discretion in dismissing his complaint on that basis. See Shakouri,
   923 F.3d at 410; Bailey, 846 F.2d at 1021.
          Accordingly, the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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