Arias

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LANCE WILLIAMS, No. 1:21-cv-01794-DAD-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER DECLINING TO ADOPT FINDINGS

AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND

ARIAS, et al., REFERRING THE PENDING MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS BACK TO

Defendants. THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE (Doc. No. 9) 17 18 Plaintiff Lance Williams is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action 19 filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge 20 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. 21 On January 12, 2022, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations, 22 recommending that plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. No. 7) be denied 23 because: (1) he is subject to the three strikes bar under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g); and (2) the 24 allegations of plaintiff’s complaint do not satisfy the “imminent danger of serious physical injury” 25 exception to §…