Akers

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MONTGOMERY CARL AKERS, Case No. 17-cv-03340-EMC

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE

v. CONTEMPLATED DISMISSAL

KATHERINE N SIEREVELD, Docket No. 2 Defendant.

12 13 Montgomery Carl Akers is a prisoner at the United States Penitentiary in Marion, Illinois. He has filed this pro se civil action and has applied to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. A prisoner may not bring a civil action in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 “if the prisoner has, on 3 or more prior occasions, while incarcerated or detained in any facility, brought an action or appeal in a court of the United States that was dismissed on the grounds that it is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, unless the prisoner is under imminent danger of serious physical injury.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Section 1915(g) requires that the court consider prisoner actions dismissed before, as well as…