Shai Alkebu-Lan v. Zachary Brown

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SHAI BERNARDO ALKEBU-LAN, Case No. 21-cv-06063-JST

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

v. LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS SHOULD NOT BE DENIED

LISA HAZELWOOD, et al.,

Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, an inmate at California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo, California, has filed a pro se action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 4. For the reasons set forth below, the Court orders Plaintiff to show cause why his request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis should not be denied pursuant to the three strikes provision set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). DISCUSSION I. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) This action is governed by the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 (“PLRA”) which was enacted, and became effective, on April 26, 1996. The PLRA provides that a prisoner may not bring a civil action under 28 U.S.C. § 1915, i.e., may not proceed in forma pauperis, “if the…