Coleman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 WENDELL COLEMAN, Case No. 21-cv-00539-SI

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE.

v. CONTEMPLATED DISMISSAL

FERNANDEZ, et al., Defendants.

15 16 Wendell Coleman, an inmate at the Napa County Jail, filed this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He also has applied to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. The action is now before the court for consideration of Coleman’s in forma pauperis application. 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)…