202 (1986); Eason v. Thaler, 73 F.3d 1322, 1325 (5th Cir.1996). Also, while Taylor contends that the district court erred by not allowing him to conduct discovery regarding his retaliation claim, he fails to show how the additional discovery was necessary to establish an issue of material fact that would preclude summary judgment. See King v. Dogan, 31 F.3d 344, 346 (5th Cir.1994). He therefore does not establish that the district court abused its discretion in denying discovery. See id. The dismissal of this appeal as frivolous counts as a strike under § 1915(g), as does the district court’s partial dismissal as frivolous. See § 1915(g); Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 387-88 (5th Cir.1996); see also Coleman v. Tollefson, — U.S. -, 135 S.Ct. 1759, 1763-64, 191 L.Ed.2d 803 (2015) (<HOLDING>); Patton v. Jefferson Correctional Center, 136
holding that plaintiffs were entitled to vacate final order of dismissal as void when they did not receive the motion for dismissal or notice of the hearing on the order until after the dismissal was entered holding that in considering dismissal of an appeal the court should exercise discretion to determine whether dismissal is appropriate in the circumstances presented by the case holding that a prior dismissal on a statutorily enumerated ground counts as a strike even if the dismissal is the subject of an appeal holding that a dismissal on limitations grounds is a judgment on the merits holding that a prior dismissal on one of  1915gs enumerated grounds counts as a strike even if the dismissal is the subject of an ongoing appeal