Blackman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TONY BLACKMAN, Case No. 1:24-cv-1267 JLT CDB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING

v. PLAINTIFF’S APPLICATION TO PROCEED

IN FORMA PAUPERIS, AND DIRECTING

GAVIN NEWSOME, et al., PLAINTIFF TO PAY THE FILING FEE

WITHIN 30 DAYS

Defendants. (Docs. 2, 5) 16 Tony Blackman, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks to proceed in forma pauperis in this action. (Docs. 1, 2.) The magistrate judge found Plaintiff had at least three “strikes” under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 prior to filing this action and “is therefore subject to the section 1915(g) bar.” (Doc. 5 at 3-4.) The magistrate judge observed that in the complaint, “Plaintiff alleges that Defendants rejected his appeals, denied him access to the law library, retaliated against Plaintiff and involuntarily transferred him to a different facility, and falsely imprisoned him.” (Id. at 4-5.) The magistrate judge found these allegations do not…