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 DENYING MOTION FOR RELIEF
Plaintiffs, FROM JUDGMENT
v. (Doc. No. 12) INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE (IRS),
K. GREEN, and A. RASCHKE,
16 Defendants. 17 18 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 nor did he pay the filing fee. On February 18, 2020, the court, having concluded that plaintiff is subject to the three strikes provision of the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), and that he had failed to satisfy the imminent danger exception contained within that provision, ordered plaintiff to pay the $400.00 filing fee in full. (Doc. No. 3.) Plaintiff was advised that his failure to do so in compliance with the court’s order would result in this action being dismissed. (Id. at 27 Plaintiff’s inmate…