Allison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LANCE WILLIAMS, No. 2:21-cv-0051-CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND KATHLEEN ALLISON, et al., ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state inmate proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). I. Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis Plaintiff requests leave to proceed in forma pauperis in this action. ECF No. 6. However, “[i]n no event shall a prisoner bring a civil action . . . [in forma pauperis] 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 prisoner is under imminent danger of …