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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6

ANTHONY R. TURNER,

7 Case No. 19-cv-01406-YGR (PR) Plaintiff, 8 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE v. 9 EDMUND G. BROWN, et al., 10 Defendants. 11

12 Plaintiff, a California state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights complaint under 13 42 U.S.C. § 1983, seeking damages for alleged civil rights violations. Plaintiff has also filed a 14 motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). Dkts. 6, 11, 13. For the reasons stated 15 below, the Court orders Plaintiff to show cause why his motion for leave to proceed IFP should 16 not be denied, and this action should not be dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). 17 The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (“PLRA”) was enacted, and became effective, 18 on April 26, 1996. It provides that a prisoner may not bring a civil action IFP under 28 U.S.C. 19 § 1915 “if the prisoner has, on 3 or more prior occasions, while incarcerated or detained in any 20 facility, brought an action or appeal in a court of the United States…