Gomez

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 BILLY DRIVER, JR., No. 2:25-cv-1882-DJC-SCR 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 K. GOMEZ, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is an incarcerated individual representing herself in this civil rights action filed 18 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 19 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). 20 Plaintiff has not paid the required filing fee for this civil action nor requested leave to 21 proceed in forma pauperis. The in forma pauperis statute codified at 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) 22 provides that: 23 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 24 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 25 frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be…