Allison

Williams v. Allison

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United States District Court, Southern District of CaliforniaMay 21, 20253:24-cv-01382California1,954 words

Opinion

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA John Wesley WILLIAMS, Case No.: 24-cv-1382-AGS-AHG

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

v. RECONSIDERATION (ECF 6)

Kathleen ALLISON, et al.,

Defendants.

This Court previously denied plaintiff John Williams’s request to proceed without paying the required court-filing fee, finding that his allegations did not present an “imminent danger of serious physical injury.” (ECF 5, at 2.) Because Williams already has three litigation strikes—that is, three prisoner lawsuits dismissed as “frivolous, malicious, or fail[ing] to state a claim upon which relief may be granted”—he may only proceed here without prepaying fees if he plausibly alleges that he “is under imminent danger of serious physical injury.” See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g); (see also ECF 5, at 2 (collecting his previous dismissals)). Williams now requests reconsideration, arguing that the Court wrongly concluded that his plumbing-related allegations do…

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