O'Neal
O'Neal v. Price
Opinion
Opinion
IKUTA, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
LOUIS BUTLER O’NEAL, No. 06-15591 Plaintiff-Appellant, v. D.C. No.
CV-02-01824-LKK
PRICE, CDC Staff Counselor,
OPINION
Defendant-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Lawrence K. Karlton, Senior Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted November 8, 2007—San Francisco, California
Filed July 14, 2008
Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Richard C. Tallman, and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Ikuta; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Thomas COUNSEL
Adam Grace, Law Office of Adam Grace, Stockton, Califor- nia, for the plaintiff-appellant. 8680 O’NEAL v. PRICE Megan O’Carroll, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, California (argued); Barbara A. Morris, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, California, for the defendant-appellee.
OPINION
IKUTA, Circuit Judge:
Section 1915(g) of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PLRA”), 110 Stat. 1321-711, precludes a prisoner from proceeding in forma pauperis if on three or more prior…