(PC) Van Huisen v. Chief of Staff

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 GREGORY SCOTT VAN HUISEN, No. 2:23-cv-02815-DAD-JDP (PC) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DENYING

14 CHIEF OF STAFF, et al., MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS

15 Defendants. (Doc. Nos. 3, 14) 16 17 Plaintiff Gregory Scott Van Huisen is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights 18 action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge 19 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. 20 On March 5, 2024, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations 21 recommending that plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. No. 3) be denied 22 because: (1) he is subject to the three strikes bar under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g); and (2) the 23 allegations of plaintiff’s complaint do not satisfy the “imminent danger of serious physical injury” 24 exception to § 1915(g). (Doc. No. 14 at 2) (citing Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 25 …