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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

SONNY RAY HARDAWAY,

Plaintiff,

v.

W. LEWIS, et al.,

Defendants.

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CASE NO. 1:07-cv-00792-OWW-SMS PC

APPEAL NO. 07-16637

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS ON APPEAL ON GROUND THAT

PLAINTIFF IS SUBJECT TO 28 U.S.C. §

1915(G)

(Doc. 11)

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK’S OFFICE TO

SERVE COPY OF ORDER ON NINTH

CIRCUIT

Plaintiff SonnyRay Hardaway filed this civil rights action on May 29, 2007. The action was

dismissed on September 26, 2007, based on plaintiff’s failure to pay the filing fee in full as ordered

by the Court. Plaintiff filed a premature notice of appeal on September 4, 2007, and a motion for

leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal on September 17, 2007.

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.” Because plaintiff is subject to section 1915(g) and has made no showing that he

is “under imminent threat of serious physical injury,” id., plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in

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 The Court takes judicial notice of case numbers 2:01-cv-00458-FCD-DAD PC Hardaway v. Money (E.D. 1

Cal.) (dismissed 07/12/06 for failure to state a claim); 2:01-cv-00958-GEB-DAD PC Hardaway v. Wright (E.D.

Cal.) (dismissed 07/22/06 for failure to state a claim); 2:01-cv-00695-MCE-PAN PC Hardaway v. State of California

(E.D. Cal.) (dismissed 08/09/06 for failure to state a claim); 5:06-cv-02983-JF Hardaway v. Twelve Jurors (N.D.

Cal.) (dismissed 08/31/06 for failure to state a claim); 5:06-cv-03637-JF Hardaway v. Barni, et al. (N.D. Cal.)

(dismissed 12/11/06 for failure to state a claim); 5:06-cv-06786-JF Hardaway v. Specter (N.D. Cal.) (dismissed

12/11/06 for failure to state a claim); and 5:06-cv-06578-JF Hardaway v. Lambden, et al. (N.D. Cal.) (dismissed

01/12/07 for failure to state a claim).

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forma pauperis on appeal, filed September 17, 2007, is HEREBY DENIED. The Clerk’s Office is 1

HEREBY DIRECTED to serve a copy of this order on the Ninth Circuit. Fed. R. App. P. 24(a)(2),

(4)(A). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 9, 2007 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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