Sigers v. Puckett

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 97-60688 Conference Calendar FREDDIE SIGERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus STEVE PUCKETT, Defendant-Appellee. --------------------- Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi USDC No. 1:96-CV-199GR --------------------- June 16, 1999 Before EMILIO M. GARZA, BENAVIDES, and PARKER, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:* Mississippi state prisoner Freddie Sigers, #59682, appeals the district court’s summary judgment dismissal of his civil rights complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Sigers’s failure to identify any error in the district court’s legal analysis or its application to his lawsuit “is the same as if he had not appealed that judgment.” Brinkmann v. Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987). * 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 R. 47.5 the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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. 97-60688 - 2 - Sigers’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 dismissal of this appeal for frivolousness counts as a third strike for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Therefore, Sigers 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. § 1915(g). APPEAL DISMISSED. 5TH CIR. R. 42.2. SANCTION IMPOSED UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).