Robert Andrew Wolter v. Metropolitan Detention Center Los Angeles

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA WESTERN DIVISION ROBERT ANDREW WOLTER, ) Case No. 2:23-cv-03207-SSS-JDE ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY v. ) THIS ACTION SHOULD NOT BE ) METROPOLITAN DETENTION ) DISMISSED UNDER 28 U.S.C. ) § 1915(g)

CENTER LOS ANGELES, )

15 ) Defendant. ) 16 ) 17 On April 24, 2023, the Court received from Robert Andrew Wolter (“Plaintiff”), an inmate or detainee at the Burliegh Morton Detention Center in Bismarck, North Dakota, proceeding pro se, a civil rights complaint under Bivens v. Six Unknown Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971) (“Bivens”) against the Metropolitan Detention Center Los Angeles (“MDC”) based on events that allegedly occurred at MDC while Plaintiff was detained there in 2021 and 2022. Dkt. 1 (“Complaint”). Plaintiff seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). Dkt. 2 (“IFP Request”). Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), a prisoner is prohibited from “bring[ing] a civil action or appeal”…