IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                        FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT



                              No. 96-41175
                          Conference Calendar



CURTIS R. FRANCIS,

                                           Plaintiff-Appellant,


versus

GARY L. JOHNSON ET AL.,

                                           Defendants-Appellees.


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           Appeal from the United States District Court
                 for the Eastern District of Texas
                        USDC No. 6:96-CV-819
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                           October 21, 1997
Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, and WIENER and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Curtis R. Francis, Texas prisoner #564414, appeals the

denial of his motion for a preliminary injunction.      His argument

is moot in light of the magistrate judge’s dismissal of his suit,

because a “[p]reliminary injunction cannot survive dismissal of a

complaint.”    11A Charles Alan Wright Et Al., Federal Practice &

Procedure § 2947 at 126 n.19 (2d ed. 1995)(citing Venezia v.

Robinson, 

, 211 (7th Cir. 1994).


     *
       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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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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     Francis’s appeal is without arguable merit and thus

frivolous.   See Howard v. King, 

, 219-20 (5th Cir.

1983).   Because the appeal is frivolous, it is DISMISSED.   See

5TH CIR. R. 42.2.   Francis now “has, on 3 or more prior occasions,

while incarcerated or detained in any facility, brought an action

or appeal in a court of the United States that was dismissed on

the grounds that it is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a

claim upon which relief may be granted[.]”    28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).

Accordingly, Francis is barred from proceeding in forma pauperis

in a civil action unless he is under imminent danger of serious

physical injury.    See 

SANCTION IMPOSED.