Hubbard

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ZANE M. HUBBARD, Case No. 19-cv-07508-JST

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

v. PLAINTIFF SHOULD NOT BE

DENIED LEAVE TO PROCEED IN

GLORIA RAMOS, FORMA PAUPERIS Defendant.

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