Blackman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TONY BLACKMAN, Case No. 1:24-cv-01267-CDB (PC) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DENY PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO

v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND

REQUIRE PLAINTIFF TO PAY THE

GAVIN NEWSOME, et al., $405.00 FILING FEE IN FULL Defendants. (Doc. 2)

FOURTEEN (14) DAY DEADLINE

17 Clerk of the Court to Assign a District Judge 18 19 I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Tony Blackman is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed a complaint and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis on October 17, 2024. (Docs. 1, 2.) Upon review of Plaintiff’s prisoner litigation history and his complaint, the Court finds that Plaintiff had at least three “strikes” prior to filing the action and that Plaintiff was not in imminent danger of serious physical harm at the time he filed the action. Therefore, the Court recommends that Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in…