Patterson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN W WILLIAMS, No. 2:22-cv-01083-DAD-CKD Plaintiff, v. ORDER TIALI PATTERSON, et al., (Doc. Nos. 2, 9) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff John W Williams is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. Plaintiff commenced this action by filing a complaint and an application to proceed in forma pauperis on June 23, 2022. (Doc. Nos. 1, 2). On November 28, 2022, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations recommending that plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. No. 2) be denied because: (1) he is subject to the three strikes bar under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g); and (2) the allegations of plaintiff’s complaint do not satisfy the “imminent danger of serious physical injury” exception to § 1915(g). (Doc. No. 9.) The…