Primm

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JIMMIE STEPHENS, Case No. 2:22-cv-00330-KJM-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER PRIMM, et al., Defendants. 16 On October 12, 2022, the court denied plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis under the so-called “three strikes” rule of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) and ordered him to pay the full filing fee within fourteen days. ECF No. 11. Instead of paying the filing fee, plaintiff filed a motion for reconsideration, ECF No. 12, which the court granted, ECF No. 14. On December 12, 2022, the court declined to revisit its prior decision denying plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 18. Shortly thereafter, plaintiff appealed the court’s December 12 order to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. ECF No. 21. On July 19, 2023, the Court of Appeals dismissed plaintiff’s appeal, citing his failure to prosecute. The mandate issued on August 9, 2023. See ECF No. 24. Given the posture of this case, I…