(PC) Keeton v. Lynch

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TOMMY ROY KEETON, No. 2:20-cv-2270-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS JEFF LYNCH, et al., AND

RECOMMENDATIONS1

Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). For the reasons stated below, the court finds that plaintiff has not demonstrated he is eligible to proceed in forma pauperis. A prisoner may not proceed 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 25 dismissed on the grounds that it is frivolous, malicious,

1 Given plaintiff’s visual impairment, the court has increased the font size of this order. or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, unless the prisoner is under…