other pending motions are DISMISSED AS MOOT. 7. The Clerk shall prepare and enter a Judgment in conformity with this Order. 8. The Clerk shall send a certified copy of the Judgment dismissing plaintiffs claims against the defendant herein as frivolous, along with a copy of this Memorandum Opinion and Order, to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice in accordance with Section 498.0045 of the Texas Government Code. 1 . See Plaintiff's Original Petition for Writ of Mandamus, filed December 3, 1996, docket entry no. 12. 2 . Id. 3 . Id. 4 . Id. 5 . Id. 6 . See Plaintiff's Answers to the Court's Questionnaire, filed April 29, 1997, docket entry no. 23, at question 10. 7 . See docket entry no. 1. 8 . Pub.L. No. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321. 9 . See Ayo v. Bathey, 106 F.3d 98, 100 (5th Cir.1997), (<HOLDING>); Strickland v. Rankin County Correctional
holding that a motion to proceed in forma pauperis is dispositive because it is the functional equivalent of an involuntary dismissal holding that the plras three strikes provision applied to an appeal pending prior to the effective date of the plra and authorized denial of in forma pauperis status based on lawsuits and appeals dismissed as frivolous prior to the effective date of the plra holding that the financial responsibility provisions of the plra require a prisoner seeking leave to proceed in forma pauperis to file an affidavit listing his assets and to submit a certified copy of his inmate trust fund account statement or an institutional equivalent reflecting the sixmonth period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint even with regard to a case in which in forma pauperis status was granted prior to the effective date of the plra ie april 26 1996 holding with respect to another part of the plra that the court must determine the prisoners status on the date the suit or appeal is brought rather than at some other time holding that dismissal of a complaint pursuant to former  1915d now  1915e is not appropriate where a plaintiff has made a partial payment of filing fees and that in such cases the court must treat the complaint in the same manner as one for which in forma pauperis status has not been granted