Funtanilla

Funtanilla v. Downs

Good Law
131 F. App'x 536
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 13, 2005No. 02-16822; D.C. No. CV-98-05770-AWICalifornia302 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

Gregorio C. Funtanilla, Jr., a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1988 action alleging that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his medical condition, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. The district court dismissed the case for failure to pay a filing fee, after it denied Funtanilla in forma pauperis (“IFp”) status on the grounds that he had “three strikes” under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (g). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo a district court’s interpretation of section 1915(g) and related legal conclusions, Andrews v. King, 898 F.3d 1113 , 1118 (9th Cir.2005), and we affirm.

The district court properly denied Funtanilla leave to proceed IFP because at the time he sought IFP status, he had filed more than three actions that had been dismissed as frivolous or for failure to state a claim, and he did not allege he was in imminent danger of serious physical harm. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (g); Tierney v. Kupers, 128 F.3d 1310, 1311-12 (9th Cir.1997). Consequently, the district court properly dismissed Funtanilla’s section 1983 action for failure to pay the requisite filing…

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