Savoie

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GUILLERMO TRUJILLO CRUZ, Case No. 1:22-cv-01035-SAB (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN FORMA

PAUPERIS APPLICATION

v. (ECF No. 2) SAVOIE, et al.,

ORDER DIRECTING PAYMENT OF

Defendants. INMATE FILING FEE BY CALIFORNIA

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND

REHABILITATION

17 Plaintiff Guillermo Trujillo Cruz is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the instant action on August 17, 2022, along with a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF Nos. 1, 2.) I. DISCUSSION 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 amended to include section 1915(g), a non-merits related screening device which precludes prisoners with three or…