Trujillo-Cruz

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 GUILLERMO TRUJILLO-CRUZ, Case No. 20-cv-02714-HSG

8 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 9 v. Re: Dkt. No. 2

10 S. TINCHER, et al., 11 Defendants.

12 13 Plaintiff, an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison, filed this pro se civil rights action pursuant 14 to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Dkt. No. 2. For the 15 reasons set forth below, the Court orders plaintiff to show cause why his request for leave to 16 proceed in forma pauperis should not be denied pursuant to the three strikes provision set forth in 17 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 forma pauperis, “if the 22 prisoner has, on 3 or more prior occasions, while incarcerated or…