(PC) Watts v. California Dept. of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL LEON WATTS, ) Case No.: 1:21-cv-00814-AWI-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION v. ) RECOMMENDING PLAINTIFF’S APPLICATION

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS BE

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ) DENIED CORRECTIONS, et al., ) ) (ECF No. 2) ) Defendants. ) ) )

Plaintiff Michael Leon Watts is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the instant action on April 12, 2021 in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. On May 19, 2021, the action was transferred to this Court. (ECF No. 6.) I. DISCUSSION On June 2, 2021, the Court issued an order to show cause why Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis should not be denied because he has suffered three or more strikes under…