Pedersen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSHUA BLAND, Case No. 1:20-cv-00793-SKO (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TO REVOKE PLAINTIFF’S IN FORMA

v. PAUPERIS STATUS

J. PEDERSEN, et al., 14-DAY DEADLINE

Defendants. Clerk of the Court to Assign a District Judge

Plaintiff Joshua Bland, a state prisoner, initiated this action on June 8, 2020. (Doc. 1.) On June 10, 2020, the Court granted Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (Doc. 4.) Because Plaintiff accrued three “strikes” under section 1915(g) before initiating this action and fails to show that he was in imminent danger of serious physical injury at the time he filed suit, the Court recommends that his IFP status be revoked. I. THREE-STRIKES PROVISION OF 28 U.S.C. § 1915 28 U.S.C. § 1915 governs in forma pauperis proceedings. The statute provides, “[i]n no event shall a prisoner bring a civil action … under this…