Kirell Francis Bettis Trust v. Internal Revenue Service

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KIRELL FRANCIS BETTIS TRUST, et al., Case No. 1:19-cv-01342-LJO-SAB

Plaintiffs, ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO PAY

THE FILING FEE IN THIS ACTION

v. (ECF No. 1) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE,

TWENTY-ONE DAY DEADLINE

Defendant.

16 Kirell F. Bettis (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner, is appearing pro se in this action. On September 24, 2019, Plaintiff filed a complaint in this action, but he did not file an application to proceed in forma pauperis nor did he pay the filing fee in this action. In his complaint, Plaintiff admits that he is subject to the three strikes provision of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). (Compl. 12, ECF No. 1.) Section 1915(g) provides that “[i]n no event shall a prisoner bring a civil action . . . under this section if the prisoner has, on 3 or more prior occasions, while incarcerated 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 frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief…