(PC)Wright
Keith Jerome Wright v. Rodriguez, et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEITH JEROME WRIGHT, No. 1:23-cv-01586-JLT-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING REQUEST FOR
REFUND OF FILING FEE
v. (ECF No. 33) RODRIGUEZ, et al.,
Defendants.
16 Plaintiff was initially granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis in this action. However, upon review of Plaintiff’s litigation history, the Court found Plaintiff is subject to the three strikes bar of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Therefore, the Court revoked Plaintiff’s in forma pauperis status, declared him a three-strike litigant, and ordered Plaintiff to pay the filing fee in full to proceed with this action. (ECF Nos. 13, 15.) On December 20, 2024, Elizabeth Stewart paid the filing fee on behalf of Plaintiff. Thereafter, on June 6, 2025, the Ninth Circuit determined that “Rule 41(a)(1) voluntary dismissals cannot count as strikes.” Spencer v. Barajas, 2025 WL 1600926, at *5 (9th Cir. 2025). Following this determination, Plaintiff requested “his In Forma Pauperis…