Chappuis
(PC) Cruz v. Chappuis
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GUILLERMO TRUJILLO CRUZ, No. 2:19-cv-1467-WBS-EFB P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS M. CHAPPUIS, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff filed this section 1983 action on July 26, 2019 and sought leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). See ECF Nos. 5, 7, & 9. The court recommended that his application to proceed IFP be denied because it determined that plaintiff was a “three-striker” within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). ECF No. 12. Plaintiff did not file objections to those recommendations, and they were adopted by the district judge. ECF No. 13. Plaintiff was directed to pay the four-hundred dollar filing fee within fourteen days or face dismissal of this action. Id. Plaintiff failed to submit the fee (or any other filing) during the requisite time period and, on May 21, 2020, the district judge dismissed this action. ECF Nos. 14 & 15. Shortly thereafter, on the same day, plaintiff filed a “motion to review in…