Pfeiffer
(PC) Thomas v. Pfeiffer
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EDWARD N. THOMAS, No. 1:20-cv-01679-DAD-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS AND DENYING
CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, et al., PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST TO PROCEED IN
FORMA PAUPERIS
Defendants. (Doc. No. 6)
17 Plaintiff Edward N. Thomas is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On December 3, 2020, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations, recommending that plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis be denied and that he be required to pay the $400.00 filing fee in full to proceed with this action because: (1) he is subject to the three strikes bar under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g); and (2) the allegations of plaintiff’s complaint do not satisfy the “imminent danger of serious physical injury” 26 …