Luedtke

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES LUEDTKE, Case No. 1:20-cv-01662-NONE-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO

SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS ACTION

v. SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR

FAILURE TO PAY THE FILING FEE

DALE DROZD, et al.,

FOURTEEN DAY DEADLINE

Defendants.

16 James Luedtke (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner, is appearing pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed a complaint and a motion to appoint counsel on November 24, 2020. Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee or submit an application to proceed in this action in forma pauperis. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), “[i]n no event shall a prisoner bring a civil action . . . under this section if the prisoner has, on 3 or more prior occasions, while incarcerated or detained in any facility, brought an action or appeal in a court of the United States that was dismissed on the grounds that it is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, unless the…