McCullom
McCullom v. Ahern
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
KEVIN MCCULLOM,
Case No. 20-00220 BLF (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY v. PLAINTIFF’S IN FORMA PAUPERIS APPLICATION
SHOULD NOT BE DENIED
AHERN, et al., PURSUANT TO § 1915(G)
Defendants.
16 17 Plaintiff, a California state prisoner, filed the instant pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against various officers and employees of the Santa Rita Jail, Alameda County Sheriff’s Department, and San Mateo County. Dkt. No. 5 at 2-5. Plaintiff moves for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). Dkt. No. 4. For the reasons discussed below, the Court has reason to believe that Plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed IFP should be denied under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) because he has three or more prior lawsuits that were dismissed for failure to state a cognizable claim or as frivolous or malicious. …