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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

JASON E. PELLUM, SR.,

Plaintiff,

v.

FRESNO POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:14-cv-02026 AWI DLB (PC)

ORDER DISMISSING ACTION, WITHOUT 

PREJUDICE, PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. §

1915(G)

(Doc. 1)

Plaintiff Jason E. Pellum, Sr., a prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action 

pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on December 5, 2014. Plaintiff is subject to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), 

which 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.”1 

 

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Plaintiff has at least three dismissals which qualify as final strikes under section 1915(g). Silva v. Di Vittorio, 658 

F.3d 1090, 1098-99 (9th Cir. 2011). The Court takes judicial notice of the following United States District Court 

cases: Pellum v. Fresno Police Dept., 1:10-cv-1258-OWW-SKO (E.D.Cal.) (dismissed for failure to state a claim on 

Mar. 7, 2011); Pellum v. The White House, 2:13-cv-0651-AC (E.D.Cal.) (dismissed as frivolous on April 26, 2013); 

Pellum v. Skiles, 1:14-cv-1082-MJS (E.D.Cal.) (dismissed for failure to state a claim on July 22, 2014).

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The Court has reviewed Plaintiff’s complaint and his allegations do not satisfy the 

imminent danger exception to section 1915(g).

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 Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1055-56

(9th Cir. 2007). If Plaintiff wishes to pursue this action, he must first pay the $400.00 filing fee. 

Accordingly, the Court HEREBY ORDERS as follows this action is DISMISSED, without 

prejudice to re-filing accompanied by the $400.00 filing fee.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 12, 2015 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

 

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Plaintiff is currently incarcerated at Fresno County Jail, and his allegations concern alleged incidents of racial 

discrimination by the Fresno Police Department. His complaint presents no allegations that he is under imminent 

danger of serious physical injury. 

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