Jones

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THOMAS K. MILLS, Case No. 1:23-cv-00134-ADA-EPG (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

RECOMMENDING THAT PLAINTIFF’S

v. APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN

FORMA PAUPERIS BE DENIED

ZACHERY JONES, et al., (ECF No. 9) Defendants.

OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

FOURTEEN (14) DAYS I. BACKGROUND Thomas Mills (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with this action. The Court received the complaint commencing this action on January 27, 2023. (ECF No. 1). On February 8, 2023, Plaintiff filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 9). The Court finds that Plaintiff had at least three “strikes” prior to filing the action and that Plaintiff was not in imminent danger of serious physical injury at the time he filed the action. Therefore, the Court will recommend that Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis be denied and that Plaintiff be required to…