Filed: Apr. 12, 2000
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Summary: IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 99-60557 Conference Calendar LOUIS C. DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; JAMES V. ANDERSON, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary; WALTER BOOKER; LARRY HARDY; DWIGHT PRESLEY; RICHIE PENNINGTON; LAURA HOPSON; CASE MANAGER HAYWARD; RANDALL MILLER, Defendants-Appellees. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi USDC No. 4:98-CV-55-D-A - April
Summary: IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 99-60557 Conference Calendar LOUIS C. DAVIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; JAMES V. ANDERSON, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary; WALTER BOOKER; LARRY HARDY; DWIGHT PRESLEY; RICHIE PENNINGTON; LAURA HOPSON; CASE MANAGER HAYWARD; RANDALL MILLER, Defendants-Appellees. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi USDC No. 4:98-CV-55-D-A - April 1..
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 99-60557
Conference Calendar
LOUIS C. DAVIS,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS;
JAMES V. ANDERSON, Superintendent,
Mississippi State Penitentiary;
WALTER BOOKER; LARRY HARDY; DWIGHT PRESLEY;
RICHIE PENNINGTON; LAURA HOPSON;
CASE MANAGER HAYWARD; RANDALL MILLER,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Mississippi
USDC No. 4:98-CV-55-D-A
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April 12, 2000
Before WIENER, DeMOSS, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Mississippi state prisoner Louis C. Davis, #16425, appeals
the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil
rights action as frivolous pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 1915(e)(2)(B)(i).
*
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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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. 99-60557
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Davis argues that he was denied access to the courts because
he was not given a sufficient amount of time to review his trial
transcript properly. Because Davis has not pleaded any facts
raising an allegation that he suffered an “actual injury,” he has
not shown that the district court abused its discretion in
dismissing this claim as frivolous under § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i). See
Lewis v. Casey,
518 U.S. 343, 351-54 (1996).
Davis’s appeal is without merit and therefore frivolous.
See Howard v. King,
707 F.2d 215, 219-20 (5th Cir. 1983).
Because the appeal is frivolous, it is DISMISSED. See 5TH CIR. R.
42.2. The district court’s dismissal of the present case and our
dismissal of this appeal count as two strikes against Davis for
purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). We caution Davis that once he
accumulates three strikes, he may not 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 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).
APPEAL DISMISSED; SANCTION WARNING ISSUED.