Cruz
Cruz v. Gutierrez
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GUILLERMO TRUJILLO CRUZ, Case No. 19-cv-04726-HSG
Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY IN
FORMA PAUPERIS STATUS SHOULD
v. NOT BE REVOKED
GUTIERREZ, Defendant.
12 Plaintiff, an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison, filed this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On January 2, 2020, the Court screened the complaint and found that the complaint’s allegation that defendant officer Gutierrez sexually harassed him during a clothed body search in retaliation for plaintiff filing grievances stated cognizable Eighth Amendment and First Amendment claims. Dkt. No. 9. On January 6, 2020, the Court granted plaintiff leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Dkt. No. 12. The Court has since learned that, in the Eastern District of California, plaintiff has been denied leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) based on dismissals of actions in 2014 through 2017. See, e.g., Cruz v. White, et al.,…