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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DEXTER BROWN, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

GAVIN NEWSOM, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:19-cv-2217-TLN-EFB P 

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 

Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983, seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). For the reasons 

stated below, the court finds that plaintiff has not demonstrated he is eligible to proceed in forma 

pauperis. 

A prisoner may not proceed in forma pauperis: 

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). Court records (and plaintiff’s own complaint, ECF No. 1 at 2) show that 

plaintiff has been designated a three-strikes litigant for purposes of § 1915(g).1 Further, 

1 See Brown v. Sagireddy, No. 2:17-cv-2041-KJM-AC (E.D. Cal. May 2, 2018), ECF No. 

14. 

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plaintiff’s complaint fails to allege facts that adequately demonstrate he is under imminent danger 

of serious physical injury.2 Plaintiff’s application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis must 

therefore be denied pursuant to § 1915(g). Plaintiff must submit the appropriate filing fee in 

order to proceed with this action.

 Accordingly, IT IS RECOMMENDED that: 

1. Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF Nos. 2, 7, 9) be denied; and 

2. Plaintiff be ordered to pay the $400 filing fee within fourteen days from the date of any 

order adopting these findings and recommendations and be admonished that failure to do so will 

result in the dismissal of this action. 

These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge 

assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). Within fourteen days 

after being served with these findings and recommendations, any party may file written 

objections with the court and serve a copy on all parties. Such a document should be captioned 

“Objections to Magistrate Judge’s Findings and Recommendations.” Failure to file objections 

within the specified time may waive the right to appeal the District Court’s order. Turner v. 

Duncan, 158 F.3d 449, 455 (9th Cir. 1998); Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th Cir. 1991). 

Dated: March 19, 2020. 

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 Plaintiff’s complaint alleges (1) that the Governor is not referring violent crimes inside 

prisons for prosecution, and (2) that plaintiff was physically assaulted by another inmate on 

September 18, 2019, but plaintiff then refused an offer to be moved to safety. ECF No. 1 at 2, 6, 

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