Sharp
Sharp v. Koenig
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
ANTHONY A. SHARP,
Case No. 21-cv-06035-RS (PR) Plaintiff, 5 v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE BY FEBRUARY 21, 2022 WHY 28 U.S.C.
L. KOENIG, et al., § 1915 DOES NOT BAR PAUPER
STATUS Defendants.
9 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a state prisoner and frequent litigant in federal court, is pursuing this federal civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and has filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Plaintiff is ordered to show cause on or before February 21, 2022 why 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) does not bar pauper status in this action. No extensions of time will be granted. BACKGROUND Plaintiff may not be able to proceed IFP because he has had at least three prior prisoner actions or appeals dismissed by a federal court on the grounds that they are frivolous or malicious, or that they failed to state a…