(PC) Scott v. California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FLOYD SCOTT, Case No.: 1:25-cv-00545-KES-SKO Plaintiff, AMENDED FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS TO DENY
v. PLAINTIFF’S APPLICATION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION AND (Doc. 2) REHABILITATION, et al., 14-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD Defendants.
Plaintiff Floyd Scott is appearing pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983. I. INTRODUCTION On May 8, 2025, Plaintiff filed his complaint; the following day he filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP). (Docs. 1 & 2.) II. THREE STRIKES PROVISION OF 28 U.S.C. § 1915 28 U.S.C. section 1915 governs IFP proceedings. The statute provides that “[i]n no event shall a prisoner bring a civil action . . . under this section 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 a…