Kelly

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JAMES CARL KELLY, Case No. 22-cv-02647-JST

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v.

WARDEN OF SALINAS VALLEY STATE PRISON, et al., 11 Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison (“SVSP”), has filed a pro se action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 2. 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 Plaintiff is a frequent litigant. Plaintiff has filed at least ten civil rights cases in this district, see, e.g., Kelly v. Quintero et al., C No. 21-cv-5127 JST; Kelly v. Salinas Valley State Prison, et al., C No. 21-cv-04498; Kelly v. Paredes et al, C No. 20-cv-08987 SI; Kelly v. Sullivan, et al., C No. 19-cv-3138 SI; Kelly v. Wood, et al., C No. 19-cv-3086 SI; Kelly v. Sullivan, et…