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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RUCHELL CINQUE MAGEE,

Plaintiff,

v.

N. GRANNIS, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:09-cv-01076-SMS PC

ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO 

PAY $350.00 FILING FEE WITHIN 

TWENTY DAYS

(Docs. 2, 15, and 17)

Plaintiff Ruchell Cinque Magee, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed in this civil rights

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on May 29, 2009. Plaintiff filed motions seeking leave to

proceed in forma pauperis on May 29, 2009, and October 13, 2009. On October 16, 2009, an order

issued denying Plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in form a pauperis and requiring Plaintiff to

pay $350 filing fee within twenty days. On October 30, 2009, Plaintiff appealed that order. On

March 12, 2010, Plaintiff’s appeal was dismissed for failure to prosecute. 

28 U.S.C. § 1915 governs proceedings in forma pauperis. Section 1915(g) provides that “[i]n

no event shall a prisoner bring a civil action . . . under this section 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.” Plaintiff became subject to section 1915(g) on July 23, 2007, and is precluded from

proceeding in forma pauperis unless he is, at the time the complaint is filed, under imminent danger

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of serious physical injury. 

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The Court has reviewed Plaintiff’s Complaint and finds that Plaintiff does not meet the

imminent danger exception. Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1053 (9th Cir. 2007). As stated

in the October 16, 2009 order, because Plaintiff has alleged no facts that support a finding that he

is under imminent danger of serious physical injury, Plaintiff is ineligible to proceed in forma

pauperis in this action, and must submit the appropriate filing fee in order to proceed with this

action. 

Based on the foregoing, it is HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Plaintiff shall pay the $350.00 filing fee in full within twenty (20) days from the date

of service of this order or this action will be dismissed, without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 24, 2010 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

The Court takes judicial notice of case numbers 1:01-cv-05467-REC-DLB PC Magee v. Galaza (E.D.

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Cal.) (dismissed 10/09/2001 as frivolous); 1:05-cv-00348-AWI-LJO PC Magee v. Scott (E.D. Cal.) (dismissed

03/06/2006 for failure to state a claim); and 1:03-cv-06764-LJO-WMW PC Magee v. Bravo, et al. (E.D. Cal.)

(dismissed 07/23/2007 for failure to state a claim).

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