Brownlee

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TERRANCE BROWNLEE, Case No. 20-cv-04664-WHO (PR)

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

v. PAUPER STATUS IS NOT BARRED

J. VERNON, et al., Defendants.

12 Plaintiff Terrence Brownlee, a state prisoner and frequent litigant in federal court, has 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. Brownlee is ordered to show cause on or before January 18, 2021 why 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) does not bar pauper status in this action. A prisoner may not bring a civil action or appeal a civil judgment 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…