Lemon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RAYMOND ALFORD BRADFORD, Case No. 21-cv-01162-PJH

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 3 T. LEMON, Defendant.

12 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, filed a pro se civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. The court ordered plaintiff to show cause why this action should not be dismissed under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), which provides that 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). The plain language of the imminent danger clause in § 1915(g) indicates that "imminent danger" is to…