IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 96-41021
Conference Calendar
JOE REEVES,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
FRANK NOVAK; ARTHUR VELASQUEZ, Warden;
WAYNE SCOTT, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEP’T OF
CRIMINAL JUSTICE, INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION;
J. LOTTS; G. HEARD,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. G-96-CV-25
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February 24, 1997
Before SMITH, EMILIO M. GARZA, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
The motion of Joe Reeves, Texas prisoner #541205, for leave
to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) on appeal is GRANTED.
Regarding Reeves’s contentions that prison employees were
deliberately indifferent to his need for protection and that
prison employee Frank Novak was negligent, we have reviewed
Reeves’s brief and the record and we find that the district court
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Pursuant to Local Rule 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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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 Local Rule
47.5.4.
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did not abuse its discretion by dismissing Reeves’s complaint as
frivolous. Reeves has failed to brief any of the other issues he
lists as issues in his brief. Brinkmann v. Dallas County Deputy
Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987). Reeves’s
appeal is without arguable merit and is dismissed as frivolous.
See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 219-20 (5th Cir. 1983).
Pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), we
assess no initial partial filing fee against Reeves. However,
Reeves henceforth shall make monthly payments of twenty percent
of the preceding month’s income credited to his account. See 28
U.S.C. § 1915(b). The agency having custody of Reeves is
directed to forward payments from his prisoner account to the
clerk of the district court each time the amount in his account
exceeds $10 until the appellate filing fee of $105 is paid. Id.
APPEAL DISMISSED. 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.