Turner
Turner v. Paley
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANTHONY DEWAYNE LEE TURNER, Case No. 21-cv-01525-EMC
Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY
v. PAUPER STATUS SHOULD NOT BE
REVOKED
MAYA PALEY, et al., Docket No. 2 Defendants.
12 13 Anthony Dewayne Lee Turner, an inmate at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, California, filed this pro se civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Docket No. 1 (“Complaint”). The Court reviewed the Complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, and dismissed it with leave to amend. See Docket No. 7. In a separate order, the Court granted Mr. Turner’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis. See Docket No. 6. It now has come to the Court’s attention that Mr. Turner has had more than three prior cases dismissed as “strikes” under 28 U.S.C § 1915(g). The Court therefore orders Mr. Turner to show cause why his in forma pauperis status should not be revoked. A. Legal Standard In 1996, Congress decided that a prisoner may not bring a civil action in…