Brownlee
Brownlee v. Rubaicaba
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TERRENCE BROWNLEE, Case No. 19-cv-06111-WHO (PR)
Plaintiff,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
v.
D. RUBAICABA, et al., Dkt. No. 5 Defendants.
16 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Terrence Brownlee is barred from bringing this action in forma pauperis because he has filed at least three federal actions that were dismissed as frivolous, malicious, or on grounds that they failed to state a claim for relief. He was ordered to show cause why pauper status should not be barred, but he has not filed any response to that order. Accordingly, this federal civil rights action is DISMISSED without prejudice to Brownlee bringing his claims in a new paid complaint. BACKGROUND Brownlee, a state prisoner and frequent litigant in federal court, filed this federal civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 along with a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. He was ordered to show cause why the action not bring a civil…