Tileston

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JIMMIE STEPHEN, No. 2:20-cv-1841 KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER C. TILESTONE, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding pro se. Plaintiff seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Multiple courts have found plaintiff has sustained three strikes under 28 U.S.C. 1915(g),1 and in light of the instant order, the undersigned defers consideration of plaintiff’s request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff’s complaint is dismissed with leave to amend. 23 For example, in Stephen v. Lozano, 2:19-cv-1407 KJM EFB (E.D. Cal. March 20, 2020), the court noted a three-strikes order first issued against plaintiff in March of 2007. (Id., ECF No. 10 at 1-2.) In April of 2012, Magistrate Judge Hollows found plaintiff had…