Cruz
Cruz v. Pierston
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GUILLERMO TRUJILLO CRUZ, Case No. 19-cv-08039-HSG
Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY
LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA
v. PAUPERIS SHOULD NOT BE DENIED
PIERSTON, et al., Defendants.
12 Plaintiff, an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison, filed this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Dkt. No. 7. For the reasons set forth below, 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 I. PLRA’s Three-Strikes Provision 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…