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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA WESTERN DIVISION TONEY ALPHONSO JOHNSON, ) Case No. 2:24-cv-06091-ODW-JDE ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY v. ) THIS ACTION SHOULD NOT BE ) CO COSTA, ) DISMISSED UNDER 28 U.S.C. ) § 1915(g) Defendant. ) ) ) 16 On July 19, 2024, the Court received from Toney Alfonso Johnson (“Plaintiff”), then a prisoner at the California Men’s Colony and State Prison in San Luis Obispo, California (“the Prison”), proceeding pro se, a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“§ 1983”) against Prison Correctional Officer Costa. Dkt. 1 (“Complaint”). On the same date, the Court received from Plaintiff a request to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) (Dkt. 2). Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), a prisoner is prohibited from “bring[ing] a civil action or appeal” IFP if the prisoner: has, on 3 or more prior occasions, while incarcerated or detained in any facility, brought an action or appeal in a court…