Soares

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 SALADIN RUSHDAN AKA No. 2:24-cv-1768-SCR-P

ROBERT STANLEY WOODS,

11 Plaintiff, ORDER AND FINDINGS AND v. RECOMMENDATIONS 13 JENNIFER SOARES, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without an attorney in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). I. In Forma Pauperis Statute Plaintiff has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Title 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) reads as follows: In no event shall a prisoner bring a civil action . . . [in forma pauperis] 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 of the United States that was dismissed on the grounds that it is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, unless the…