Sivak

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 LACEY SIVAK, Case No. 24-cv-02258-AMO (PR) Plaintiff, 24-cv-02940-AMO (PR) 8 v. ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITHOUT MICHELLE T. FRIEDLAND, et al., PREJUDICE Defendants.

Lacey Sivak, an Idaho state prisoner and frequent litigant, filed the above-captioned actions, representing himself. In each case, the Court denied Sivak’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g)1 because he has had three or more prior dismissals, has failed to allege any specific imminent danger of serious physical injury at the time he filed the action, and did not meet the standard for proceeding without payment of filing fees as a “three-striker” who has had many prior lawsuits dismissed as frivolous. See Ray v. Lara, 31 F.4th 692, 697 (9th Cir. 2022) (finding that a district court may, at the screening stage, deny a prisoner IFP status sua sponte upon “clearly identif[ying] three prior dismissals” in order to 20 …