Nubine v. Stringfellow ( 2000 )


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  •                 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
    No. 00-40761
    (Summary Calendar)
    CLYDE NUBINE,
    Plaintiff-Appellant,
    versus
    A.M. STRINGFELLOW; WAYNE SCOTT;
    GARY JOHNSON, Warden; ALAN B. POLUNSKY,
    Defendants-Appellees.
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    Appeal from the United States District Court
    for the Southern District of Texas
    (C-00-CV-129)
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    November 28, 2000
    Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.
    PER CURIAM:*
    Plaintiff-Appellant   Clyde   Nubine,    Texas    state   prisoner   #
    398312, appeals the magistrate judge’s dismissal of his civil
    rights claims as frivolous and for failure to state a claim under
    
    28 U.S.C. § 1915
    (e)(2)(B)(i) and (ii).        The shackling of Nubine
    during transport constituted a rational security measure.             See
    Jackson v. Cain, 
    864 F.2d 1235
    , 1243-44 (5th Cir. 1989).         Nubine’s
    allegations of conspiracy and retaliation are conclusional and thus
    fail to give rise to a 
    42 U.S.C. § 1983
     claim.        See Babb v. Dorman,
    
    33 F.3d 472
    , 476 (5th 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    that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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.
    Nubine argues that 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(e) is unconstitutional
    but admitted at his Spears1             hearing that his challenge to §
    1997e(e) was “theoretical.”             Nubine lacks standing to challenge
    that statute.
    Nubine contests       the magistrate judge’s denial of his request
    for a temporary restraining order (TRO).                We have no jurisdiction
    to review a denial of an application for a TRO. Faulder v. Johnson,
    
    178 F.3d 741
    , 742 (5th Cir. 1999).
    Because this appeal is frivolous, it is DISMISSED. See Howard
    v. King, 
    707 F.2d 215
    , 219-20 (5th Cir. 1983); 5th Cir. R. 42.2.
    The dismissal as frivolous of this appeal and the magistrate
    judge's dismissal as frivolous of Nubine's action each count as a
    “strike” for purposes of 
    28 U.S.C. § 1915
    (g).                    See Adepegba v.
    Hammons, 
    103 F.3d 383
    , 387-88 (5th Cir. 1996).                 We caution Nubine
    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.
    1
    Spears v. McCotter, 
    766 F.2d 179
     (5th Cir. 1985).
    2