---
urn: urn:us-la:rs:15:1187
citation: "R.S. 15:1187"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 15 › Chapter 7 › Part XVI"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1997, number: 731, section: 1, effective_date: 1997-07-09, role: enactment }
  - { year: 1998, number: 110, section: 1, effective_date: 1998-05-05, role: amendment }
---

# Successive claims

In no event shall a prisoner bring a civil action or appeal a judgment in a civil action or proceeding in forma pauperis if the prisoner has, on three or more prior occasions while incarcerated or detained in any facility, brought an action or appeal in a state court that was dismissed on the grounds that it was frivolous, was malicious, failed to state a cause of action, or failed to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, unless the prisoner is under imminent danger of serious physical injury.