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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KRZYSZTOF WOLINSKI,

Plaintiff,

v.

S. HATTON, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-05517-SI 

ORDER REVOKING IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS STATUS AND DISMISSING 

ACTION

Krzysztof Wolinski filed this action and applied to proceed in forma pauperis. On March 

28, 2016, the court ordered Wolinski to show cause why in forma pauperis status should not be 

denied and the action should not be dismissed under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), which provides that a 

prisoner may not bring a civil action 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). The order to show cause 

identified four prior dismissals that appeared to count under § 1915(g) and noted that he did not 

appear to be in imminent danger. The order further stated that, in the alternative to showing cause 

why § 1915(g) should not apply, Wolinski could avoid dismissal by paying the full $400.00 filing 

fee by the deadline. (Docket No. 11.)

Due to a scheduling issue that later arose when the in forma pauperis application had been 

pending more than six months and Wolinski wanted additional time to respond to the order to 

show cause, the court granted the in forma pauperis application with a caution that the ruling 

could be undone. (Docket No. 13.) Specifically, the court stated that it “may revoke pauper status 

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later, depending on plaintiff’s response to the order to show cause.” (Id.) In that same order, the 

court extended the deadline to July 15, 2016 for Wolinski to file a written response to the order to 

show cause. (Id.) 

Wolinski never filed a response to the order to show cause and the deadline by which to do 

so has passed. He has not provided any reason not to impose the restrictions of § 1915(g) on him. 

Each of the four cases identified in the order to show cause counts as a dismissal for § 1915(g) 

purposes. Wolinski did not pay the filing fee, did not show that any of the prior dismissals could 

not be counted under § 1915(g), did not appear to be under imminent danger of serious physical 

injury, and did not otherwise show cause why this action could not be dismissed. 

For the foregoing reasons, in forma pauperis status is now REVOKED for Wolinski and 

his in forma pauperis application is DENIED. (Docket No. 6.) This action is DISMISSED for 

failure to pay the filing fee. If Wolinski – whose in forma pauperis application shows that he has 

no assets and hundreds of dollars of unpaid obligations – wants to proceed, he may file within 

thirty days a motion to vacate the dismissal that must be accompanied by a check for the full 

filing fee of $400.00 (i.e., the $350.00 filing fee plus the $50.00 administrative fee). 

The clerk shall close the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 12, 2016

______________________________________

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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