Charles Moore, Texas state prisoner #401009, appeals the district court’s 28 U.S.C. § 1915A dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit as time-barred. Moore argues that his action should not have been dismissed summarily because his § 1983 claims have merit and that the limitations period should have been equitably tolled by the pendency of his prior unsuccessful state lawsuits.

Because the Texas statute of limitations is borrowed in § 1983 cases, this court also looks to Texas’s equitable tolling principles. See Rotella v. Pederson, 144 F.3d 892, 897 (5th Cir. 1998). Texas permits the tolling of a statute of limitations when a plaintiffs legal remedies are precluded by the pendency of other legal proceedings. See Holmes v. Texas A & M Univ., 145 F.3d 681, 684-85 (5th Cir. 1998). However, the pendency of Moore’s state lawsuits do not entitle him to equitable tolling because they sought a remedy that he need not have pursued. Cf. id. at 685.

*794 Because Moore has not demonstrated any justification for equitable tolling or for any other relief, the district court’s judgment is affirmed.

The district court’s dismissal of Moore’s complaint as frivolous counts as a strike under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). See Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 387 (5th Cir. 1996). Moore is cautioned that if he accumulates three strikes, he will not be allowed to 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 § 1915(g).

AFFIRMED; SANCTION WARNING ISSUED.