Bettis
Bettis v. Internal Revenue Service
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 11 KIRELL FRANCIS BETTIS TRUST and No: 1:20-cv-00148-NONE-SKO KIRELL F. BETTIS-TAYLOR,
ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO PAY
Plaintiffs, THE FILING FEE IN THIS ACTION
v. (Doc. No. 1) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS),
K. GREEN, and A. RASCHKE, TWENTY-ONE (21) DAY DEADLINE
16 Defendants. 17 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Kirell F. Bettis-Taylor1, a state prisoner, is appearing pro se in this civil rights action. On January 29, 2020, plaintiff filed a complaint with the court, but did not file an application to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) nor did he pay the filing fee. Pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), a prisoner may not proceed IFP “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 may be granted, unless the prisoner is under…