Alkebu-Lan
Alkebu-Lan v. Hazelwood
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
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., Re: ECF No. 4 Defendants.
12 Plaintiff, a person incarcerated 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).1 DISCUSSION I. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) This action is governed by the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1996 (“PLRA”), which provides that an incarcerated person may not bring a civil action under 28 U.S.C. § 1915, i.e., may not proceed in forma pauperis, “if the [incarcerated person]…