McCullom

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10

KEVIN MCCULLOM,

11 Case No. 20-00220 BLF (PR) Plaintiff, 12 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY v. PLAINTIFF’S IN FORMA 13 PAUPERIS APPLICATION

SHOULD NOT BE DENIED

14 AHERN, et al., PURSUANT TO § 1915(G)

15 Defendants.

16 17 18 Plaintiff, a California state prisoner, filed the instant pro se civil rights action 19 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against various officers and employees of the Santa Rita Jail, 20 Alameda County Sheriff’s Department, and San Mateo County. Dkt. No. 5 at 2-5. 21 Plaintiff moves for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). Dkt. No. 4. 22 For the reasons discussed below, the Court has reason to believe that Plaintiff’s 23 motion for leave to proceed IFP should be denied under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) because he 24 has three or more prior lawsuits that were dismissed for failure to state a cognizable claim 25 or as frivolous or malicious. …