CCI-Richards
(PC) Jones v. CCI-Richards
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GARLAND A. JONES, No. 1:20-cv-00639-NONE-SKO (PC)
Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING MOTION
v.
TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS, AND
RICHARDS, et al., DISMISSING ACTION WITHOUT
PREJUDICE
Defendants. (Doc. Nos. 7, 12, 16) 16 Plaintiff Garland A. Jones is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On May 29, 2020, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations, recommending that plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. No. 7) be denied, and this action dismissed without prejudice, because plaintiff has three prior “strike” dismissals under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). (Doc. No. 12.) The magistrate judge further found that the allegations of plaintiff’s complaint fail to show that he is in imminent…