Case Name: Melinda Gabriella VALENZUELA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. IBRAHIM, Unknown; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-07-18
Citations: 694 F. App'x 508
Docket Number: No. 16-16051
Parties: Melinda Gabriella VALENZUELA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. IBRAHIM, Unknown; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: CANBY, KOZINSKI, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 694
Pages: 508–509

Head Matter:
Melinda Gabriella VALENZUELA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. IBRAHIM, Unknown; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 16-16051
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 11, 2017
Filed July 18, 2017
Melinda Gabriella Valenzuela, Pro Se
Before: CANBY, KOZINSKI, and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Arizona state prisoner Melinda Gabriella Valenzuela appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing her 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action following an order denying her application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis ("IFP"). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the district court's interpretation and application of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), Washington v. L.A. Cty. Sheriffs Dep't, 833 F.3d 1048, 1054 (9th Cir. 2016), and for an abuse of discretion its denial of leave to proceed IFP, O'Loughlin v. Doe, 920 F.2d 614, 616 (9th Cir. 1990). We affirm.
The district court did not abuse its discretion, in denying Valenzuela leave to proceed IFP because Valenzuela failed to plausibly allege that she was "under imminent danger of serious physical injury" at the time she lodged the complaint. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g); Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1054-57 (9th Cir. 2007) (discussing the imminent danger exception to § 1915(g)).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.