Turner

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 EDWARD L. TURNER, Case No. 20-cv-00541-EMC

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE.

v. CONTEMPLATED DISMISSAL

GEORGE BUSH, et al., Docket No. 1 Defendants.

12 13 Edward L. Turner, a prisoner housed at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, has filed this pro se civil action and has applied to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. A prisoner may not bring a civil action in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 “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 that it is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, unless the prisoner is under imminent danger of serious physical injury.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Section 1915(g) requires that the district court consider prisoner actions dismissed before, as well as…