Filed: Aug. 16, 2005
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Summary: United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT August 16, 2005 Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 05-10157 Conference Calendar RONALD H. MARR, JR., Plaintiff-Appellant, versus BRENDA M. CANTU; ARTIE AGULAR; MR. NFN AGULAR; LUBBOCK COUNTY JAIL, Defendants-Appellees. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 5:04-CV-170-C - Before BENAVIDES, CLEMENT, and PRADO, Circuit Judges. PER CU
Summary: United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT August 16, 2005 Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 05-10157 Conference Calendar RONALD H. MARR, JR., Plaintiff-Appellant, versus BRENDA M. CANTU; ARTIE AGULAR; MR. NFN AGULAR; LUBBOCK COUNTY JAIL, Defendants-Appellees. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 5:04-CV-170-C - Before BENAVIDES, CLEMENT, and PRADO, Circuit Judges. PER CUR..
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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 August 16, 2005
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
No. 05-10157
Conference Calendar
RONALD H. MARR, JR.,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
BRENDA M. CANTU; ARTIE AGULAR;
MR. NFN AGULAR; LUBBOCK COUNTY JAIL,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
USDC No. 5:04-CV-170-C
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Before BENAVIDES, CLEMENT, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Ronald H. Marr, Jr., county detention No. 144882 and Texas
prisoner No. 622463, has appealed the district court’s dismissal
with prejudice of his civil rights complaint and moves for
appointment of appellate counsel. The motion for appointment of
counsel is DENIED.
The district court dismissed Marr’s complaint as frivolous
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e), holding that Lubbock County,
Texas, Assistant District Attorney Brenda Cantu was entitled to
*
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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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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absolute prosecutorial immunity; that the other individual
defendants were not liable under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 because they
were not state actors; and that Marr’s claim against Lubbock
County was frivolous because Marr had access to the courts
through his counsel. The court noted that, to the extent that
Marr sought to be released from incarceration, his claims sounded
in habeas corpus and further noted that any relief under 42 U.S.C
§ 1983 was barred by the doctrine of Heck v. Humphrey.**
In his appellate brief, Marr argues for the first time that
Ms. Cantu and other members of the Lubbock County District
Attorney’s staff conspired with Lubbock County police officers to
convict Marr of failing to register as a sex offender in
retaliation for Marr’s involvement in a landlord tenant dispute.
We decline to consider issues raised for the first time on
appeal. Greenberg v. Crossroads Sys., Inc.,
364 F.3d 657, 669
(5th Cir. 2004).
Marr has not challenged in this court the district court’s
reasons for dismissing his complaint. Accordingly, it is as if
he had not filed an appeal. Brinkmann v. Dallas County Deputy
Sheriff Abner,
813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987).
Marr’s appeal is without arguable merit and is frivolous.
Howard v. King,
707 F.2d 215, 219-20 (5th Cir. 1983). Because
the appeal is frivolous, it is DISMISSED. 5TH CIR. R. 42.2. The
district court’s dismissal of Marr’s complaint as frivolous
**
512 U.S. 477 (1994).
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counts as a strike under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), as does the
dismissal of this appeal. Adepegba v. Hammons,
103 F.3d 383,
387-88 (5th Cir. 1996). Marr is CAUTIONED that if he accumulates
three strikes, he will no longer be allowed to 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).
MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL DENIED; APPEAL DISMISSED
AS FRIVOLOUS; SANCTION WARNING ISSUED.