Gibbons

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RODNEY JEROME WOMACK, ) Case No.: 1:19-cv-00615-AWI-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS v. ) RECOMMENDING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS BE DENIED

W. GIBBONS, et al., ) ) [ECF No. 12] Defendants. ) ) ) ) )

Plaintiff Rodney Jerome Womack is appearing pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, filed August 8, 2019. I. LEGAL STANDARD The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA) was enacted “to curb frivolous prisoner complaints and appeals.” Silva v. Di Vittorio, 658 F.3d 1090, 1099-1100 (9th Cir. 2011). Pursuant to the PLRA, the in forma pauperis statue was amended to include section 1915(g), a non-merits related screening…