Diaz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ZURI S. YOUNG and GEORGE LOVIN No. 2:19-cv-983-JAM-EFB P

JACKSON,

12 Plaintiffs, ORDER AND FINDINGS AND v. RECOMMENDATIONS 14 RALPH M. DIAZ, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiffs – both state prisoners – have brought this section 1983 action without the assistance of counsel. They seek to proceed in forma pauperis, but only one – Plaintiff Jackson (“Jackson”) – has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis (and a copy of his trust fund account statement). ECF Nos. 2 & 4. Plaintiffs may only jointly proceed in forma pauperis if both submit a properly-supported application. Subsequently, however, Plaintiff Young (“Young”) submitted a motion for class certification wherein he stated that, owing to previous Prison Litigation Reform Act “strikes” he has sustained, only Jackson is qualified to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 5; see also ECF No. 10. As addressed below, Young may not avoid the three strikes provisions of the Prison…