(PC) Watts v. California Dept. of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL LEON WATTS, ) Case No.: 1:21-cv-00814-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER FOR PLAINTIFF TO SHOW CAUSE v. ) WHY REQUEST TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS SHOULD NOT BE DENIED

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ) 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. On April 12, 2021, Plaintiff filed the instant complaint and request to proceed in forma pauperis in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. On May 19, 2021, the action was transferred to this Court. The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA) was enacted “to curb frivolous prisoner complaints and appeals.” Silva v. Di Vittorio, 658 F.3d 1090, 1099-1100 (9th Cir. 2011). Pursuant to the PLRA, the in forma pauperis statue was…