Brown

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 WILLIAM O BROWN, Case No. 20-cv-07152-JST

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:

v. CONTEMPLATED DISMISSAL

M.S. EVANS, Warden, et al. Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, an inmate at Deuel Vocational Institution, filed this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 19831 against Warden Evans and Monterey Superior Court. The Court orders Plaintiff to show cause, within twenty-eight (28) days of the date of this order, why his request to proceed in forma pauperis should not be denied. I. BACKGROUND A. Complaint The complaint makes the following factual allegations. On August 8, 2007, Plaintiff was deemed a vexatious litigant by the California courts. Plaintiff was therefore subject to a prefiling order which prohibited him from filing any new litigation in the state courts without first obtaining leave of court. See Cal. Civ. Proc. § 391.7. Plaintiff has attempted to obtain leave of court to file lawsuits setting…