Gonzalez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GUILLERMO TRUJILLO CRUZ, ) Case No. 1:19-cv-01270-DAD-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION

RECOMMENDING PLAINTIFF’S APPLICATION

) L. GONZALEZ, TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS BE ) DENIED Defendant. ) ) [ECF No. 7] )

Plaintiff Guillermo Trujillo Cruz is appearing pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the instant action on September 9, 2019. On October 9, 2019, Plaintiff filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 7.) I. DISCUSSION 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…