BROWN v. MEGG

No. 15-60706.

857 F.3d 287 (2017)

Eddie Joseph BROWN, Plaintiff-Appellant v. April MEGG; Dr. Ron Woodall; Wexford Health, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED May 15, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eddie Joseph Brown, Pro se.

Vardaman Kimball Smith, III , Bryan Nelson, P.A., Hattiesburg, MS, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and COSTA, Circuit Judges.


Under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), a third strike bars a prisoner from proceeding in forma pauperis unless "the prisoner is under imminent danger of serious physical injury." 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). A strike issues when a prisoner's action is dismissed as frivolous, malicious, or for failure to state...

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