Jones
Jones v. City of Oakland
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
BRANDON LAWALTER JONES,
Case No. 19-cv-03012-RS (PR) Plaintiff, 12 v. ORDER OF DISMISSAL 13 CITY OF OAKLAND, et al., 14 Defendants.
16 Plaintiff is barred from bringing this federal civil rights action in forma pauperis (IFP) because he has filed three or more federal actions that were dismissed as frivolous, malicious, or on grounds that they failed to state a claim for relief. Accordingly, plaintiff’s IFP status is REVOKED and this federal civil rights suit is DISMISSED without prejudice to plaintiff bringing his claims in a new paid complaint. Plaintiff was ordered to show cause on or before September 23, 2019 why the action should not be dismissed under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), which provides that a prisoner may not bring a civil action IFP “if the prisoner has, on 3 or more prior occasions, while incarcerated or detained in any facility, brought an action or appeal in a court of the United States that was dismissed on the grounds…