Curtis Lee Sheppard, Texas prisoner # 1656666, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint against certain prison employees, arguing that they violated his First Amendment rights by interfering with the practice of his Rastafarian religion. He moved for a preliminary injunction, and the district court denied his motion. He filed an appeal from the denial of that motion and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) on appeal. The district court denied Sheppard’s motion to proceed IFP under the three-strikes provision of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).

Sheppard has accumulated three strikes, and he fails to show that he was under imminent danger of serious physical injury at the time he sought to file his suit in the district court, proceed with his appeal, or file a motion to proceed IFP. See Baños v. O’Guin, 144 F.3d 883, 884 (5th Cir. 1998); § 1915(g). Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that his motion to proceed IFP on appeal is DENIED and his appeal from the district court’s denial of his motion for a preliminary injunction is DISMISSED. The appeal may be reinstated if Sheppard pays the full appellate filing fee within 15 days of this dismissal.