(PC) Alva v. State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES SCOTT ALVA, Case No. 1:24-cv-0686 JLT SKO
Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING
v. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO PROCEED IN
FORMA PAUPERIS, AND DIRECTING
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., PLAINTIFF TO PAY THE FILING FEE
WITHIN THIRTY DAYS
Defendant. (Doc. 15) 16 James Scott Alva1 filed this civil rights action pursuant to Bivens vs. Six Unknown Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), and seeks to proceed in forma pauperis in the action. (Docs. 1, 14.) The magistrate judge found that “Plaintiff has accrued three or more strikes’” under 28 U.S.C. § 1915, identifying the following actions that were dismissed prior to the filing of this action:
1. Alva v. Titsworth, et al., No. 2:18-cv-00476-JAD-PAL (Nev.), dismissed with prejudice for failure to state a claim on April 20, 2019 22 2. Alva v. Alva, et. al., No. 2:18-cv-00788-JAD-NJK (Nev.), dismissed as frivolous on July 17, 2018