Lizarraga

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

MICHAEL BALZARINI,

11 Case No. 19-cv-07661-RS (PR) Plaintiff, 12 v. ORDER OF DISMISSAL 13

JOE A. LIZARRAGA,

14 Defendant. 15

16 17 INTRODUCTION 18 Plaintiff is barred from bringing this action in forma pauperis because he has filed 19 at least three federal actions that were dismissed as frivolous, malicious, or on grounds that 20 they failed to state a claim for relief. He was ordered to show cause why pauper status 21 should not be barred, but he has not filed any response to that order. Accordingly, this 22 federal civil rights action is DISMISSED without prejudice to plaintiff bringing his claims 23 in a new paid complaint. 24 BACKGROUND 25 Plaintiff, a state prisoner and frequent litigant in federal court, filed this federal civil 26 rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 along with a motion to proceed in forma pauperis 27 (IFP) under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. He was ordered to show cause why the action should not be…