(PC) Roberts v. Monterey County Jail

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DAVID NATHANIEL ROBERTS, Case No. 20-cv-07969-SI

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE.

v. CONTEMPLATED DISMISSAL

MONTEREY COUNTY JAIL, et al., Defendants.

12 David Nathaniel Roberts, an inmate at Monterey County Jail when he filed this action and currently an inmate at the Wasco State Prison, 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…