# Brown v. Norris

> Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · April 12, 2006 · 175 F. App'x 780

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/8445800

## Case

- **Full name:** Donald X. BROWN v. Larry NORRIS, Director, Arkansas epartment of Correction Max Mobley, Deputy Director, Arkansas Department of Correction Dr. Zoldessy, Arkansas Department of Correction John Byus, Medical Administrator, Arkansas Department of Correction Linda Kenyon, Infirmary Manager, Wrightsville Unit, ADC Brenda Bearden, Ombudsman, Arkansas Depart ment of Correction Brenda Starr, Grievance Officer, Wrightsville Unit, ADC Nix, Dentist, Wrightsville Unit, ADC Dr. Coutts, Wrightsville Unit, ADC Dodge, Nurse, Wrightsville Unit, ADC Gibson, Nurse, Wrightsville Unit, ADC Wigington, Nurse, Wrightsville Unit, ADC Arnold, Nurse, Wrightsville Unit, ADC Graves, Mail Room, Wrightsville Unit, ADC Ms. Young, Business Manager, Wrightsville Unit, ADC Terry Clifton, Warden, Wrightsville Unit, ADC Eddie Cook, Assistant Warden, Wrightsville Unit, ADC Tim Lowery, Furniture Supervisor, Wrightsville Unit, ADC Ray Hobbs, Assistant Di rector, Arkansas Department of Correction Harmon, Warden, Maximum Security Unit, ADC Tiffanye Compton, Grievance Supervisor, Arkansas Department of Correction George Brewer, Classification Administrator, Arkansas Department of Correction Speers, Infirmary Manager, Maximum Security Unit, ADC Lt. Walton, Grimes Unit, ADC Ronald Dobbs, Assistant Director, Arkansas Department of Correction David White, Warden, Tucker Unit, ADC Mary Brim, Classification Officer, Tucker Unit, ADC Wimberly, Chief of Security, Maximum Security Unit, ADC Lt. Bailey, Maximum Security Unit, ADC Lt. Ivey, Maximum Security Unit, ADC Sgt. Emerich, Grimes Unit, ADC Moten, Captain, Wrightsville Unit, ADC Stout, Chief of Security, Wrightsville Unit, ADC Sgt. Foote, Wrightsville Unit, ADC F. Alino, CO-II, Wrightsville Unit, ADC Linda Murphy, Pen Store, Supervisor, Wrightsville Unit, ADC T.J. Garrett, Grievance Officer, Wrightsville Unit, ADC Arline Towne, Mental Health, Grimes Unit, ADC Thompson, Classification, Grimes Unit, ADC Ms. Cogshell, Mental Health, Cummins Unit, ADC Jerry Moore, Mental Health, Cummins Unit, ADC Smith, CO2, Cummins Unit, ADC L. Arnold, CO2, Cummins Unit, ADC
- **Court:** Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
- **Decided:** April 12, 2006
- **Citations:** 175 F. App'x 780
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Bye, Melloy, Wollman
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

PER CURIAM.
Arkansas inmate Donald X. Brown appeals the district court’s preservice dismissal without prejudice of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action as barred by the “three-strikes” provision of 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (g). We grant Brown leave to proceed in forma *781 pauperis, and we remand to the district court.
We review de novo a district court’s determination of qualifying strikes. See Rivera v. Allin, 144 F.3d 719, 723 (11th Cir.1998). After reviewing the relevant documents from the cases the district court counted as strikes, we conclude that the two dismissals for failure to exhaust prison grievance procedures—Brown v. Jorgenson, No. 5:98CV00245, and Brown v. Mobley, No. 4:01CV00302—do not count as strikes. While we express no opinion as to whether Brown’s other dismissals count as strikes under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (g), the record before us establishes Brown can have no more than two strikes.
Accordingly, we remand to the district court for further proceedings. We deny Brown’s motion for appellate counsel.

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