Donald Domes, Texas prisoner # 1046547, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights complaint against several officials at his prison facility alleging constitutional violations arising from the use of vulgar language, malicious prosecution of false disciplinary cases, a missed meal, and the denial of prescribed medication. The district court dismissed Doines’s complaint with prejudice as frivolous and for failure to state a claim under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915A, 1915(e)(2), and 42 U.S.C. § 1997e.

Domes argues on appeal that the district court should have conducted a thorough hearing prior to dismissing his claims. He contends that such a hearing would have shown his allegations to be true. The district court, however, did not dismiss any of Doines’s claims on the ground that they were untruthful. By failing to address the bases of the district court’s dismissal, Domes has effectively waived the only appealable issue. See Brinkmann v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987).

Doines’s appeal is without arguable merit and is therefore frivolous. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983). His appeal is dismissed as frivolous. See 5th Cir. R. 42.2. The district court’s dismissal of Doines’s complaint and this court’s dismissal of his appeal each count as a strike against Domes for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). See Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 387-88 (5th Cir. 1996). Domes is cautioned that if he accumulates three strikes pursuant to § 1915(g), he will not be able 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).

APPEAL DISMISSED; SANCTION WARNING ISSUED.