Case Name: John C. MONTUE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Diane K. BUTLER, Warden, Folsom; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-06-24
Citations: 101 F. App'x 751
Docket Number: No. 03-15683
Parties: John C. MONTUE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Diane K. BUTLER, Warden, Folsom; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, THOMAS, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 101
Pages: 751–752

Head Matter:
John C. MONTUE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Diane K. BUTLER, Warden, Folsom; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 03-15683.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted June 15, 2004.
Decided June 24, 2004.
John C. Montue, Represa, CA, pro se.
Constance Picciano, Esq., Office of the California Attorney General, Department of Justice, Sacramento, CA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Before: LEAVY, THOMAS, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
John C. Montue, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's judgment denying his request to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) and dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging prison and state officials were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs in violation of the Eighth Amendment. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the district court's dismissal, Tierney v. Kupers, 128 F.3d 1310, 1311 (9th Cir.1997), and we affirm.
The district court properly denied Montue leave to proceed in forma pauperis and dismissed his action because Montue had previously filed three or more actions that were frivolous or failed to state a claim for relief, and he did not allege facts indicating that he was in imminent danger of serious physical harm in the instant action. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g); Tierney, 128 F.3d at 1311-12.
We construe the district court's dismissal as a dismissal without prejudice to Montue's filing a new action upon payment of the filing fees.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.