Hubbard

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ZANE M. HUBBARD, Case No. 19-cv-07508-JST

8 Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

9 v. PLAINTIFF SHOULD NOT BE

DENIED LEAVE TO PROCEED IN

10 GLORIA RAMOS, FORMA PAUPERIS 11 Defendant.

12 13 Plaintiff, an inmate at California State Prison – Soledad, filed this pro se civil rights action 14 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 2. 15 The Court orders plaintiff to show cause, within twenty-eight (28) days of the date of this order, 16 why plaintiff’s request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis should not be denied pursuant to the 17 three strikes provision set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 18 DISCUSSION 19 This action is governed by the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 (“PLRA”) which was 20 enacted, and became effective, on April 26, 1996. The PLRA provides that a prisoner may not 21 bring a civil action under 28 U.S.C. § 1915, i.e., may not proceed in…