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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Francis A. Grandinetti, II, 

Plaintiff, 

vs.

CCA-Saguaro Correctional Center, et al.,

Defendants. 

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No. CV 07-1960-PHX-MHM (BPV)

ORDER

Plaintiff Francis A. Grandinetti, II, who is confined in the CCA-Saguaro Correctional

Center in Eloy, Arizona, has filed a pro se civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §

1983. Plaintiff has not paid the $350.00 filing fee or filed an Application to Proceed In

Forma Pauperis.

I. “Three Strikes Provision” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).

The Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA), enacted on April 26, 1996,

provides that a prisoner may not bring a civil action or appeal a civil judgment in forma

pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 “if the prisoner has, on 3 or more prior occasions, while

incarcerated or detained in any facility, brought an action or appeal in a court of the United

States that was dismissed on the grounds that it is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a

claim upon which relief may be granted, unless the prisoner is under imminent danger of

serious physical injury.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Because § 1915(g) is a procedural rule that

does not raise retroactivity concerns, cases that were dismissed before the effective date of

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§ 1915(g), i.e., April 26, 1996, may be counted as qualifying dismissals or “strikes.” Tierney

v. Kupers, 128 F.3d 1310, 1311-12 (9th Cir.1997). A prisoner barred from proceeding in

forma pauperis pursuant to § 1915(g) may proceed under the fee provisions of 28 U.S.C.

§§ 1911-14 applicable to everyone else. Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 388 (5th

Cir.1996).

More than three of the prior actions Plaintiff has filed in federal courts have been

dismissed as frivolous, malicious, or as failing to state a claim. See Grandinetti v. Iranon,

CV 96-101-HC (E.D. Tex. Jan. 26,1998); Grandinetti v. Iranon, CV 96-0118-TH (E.D. Tex.

Jul. 20, 1998); Grandinetti v. Bobby Ross Group, Inc., CV 96-117-TH (E.D. Tex. Mar. 5,

1999); and Grandinetti v. Luna, CV 01-1090-PHX-MHM (SLV) (D. Ariz. Aug. 3, 2001).

Accordingly, Plaintiff may not bring a civil action without complete pre-payment of

the $350.00 filing fee unless he is in imminent danger of serious physical injury. 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(g).

II. Failure to Allege Imminent Danger of Serious Physical Injury

Plaintiff appears to allege that in September 2007, he was improperly transferred from

a Mississippi facility to CCA-Saguaro Correctional Center.

An allegation of past harm does not constitute a credible allegation that Plaintiff is in

imminent danger of serious physical injury as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) in order for

Plaintiff to bring this action without complete pre-payment of the $350.00 filing fee.

Accordingly, the Complaint and this action will be dismissed without prejudice pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) for failure to pre-pay the $350.00 filing fee. If Plaintiff wishes to

reassert these claims in the future, he must pre-pay the entire $350.00 filing fee when he files

his action.

IT IS ORDERED: 

(1) Plaintiff’s Complaint (Doc. #1) and this action are dismissed pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 1915(g) without prejudice to Plaintiff filing a complaint in a new case accompanied

by the full $350.00 filing fee.

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(3) The Clerk of Court must enter judgment accordingly and close this case.

DATED this 30th day of October, 2007.

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