Opinion
No. 16-56152
12-21-2017
GREGORY C. BONTEMPS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SIRKO, Correctional Officer, Defendant-Appellee.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
D.C. No. 2:16-cv-03550-JFW-SP MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California
John F. Walter, District Judge, Presiding Before: WALLACE, SILVERMAN, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.
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Gregory C. Bontemps, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's order dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action after denying his application to proceed in forma pauperis status ("IFP") on the ground that Bontemps has "three strikes" under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Washington v. L.A. Cty. Sheriff's Dep't, 833 F.3d 1048, 1054 (9th Cir. 2016). We affirm.
The district court properly denied Bontemps' request to proceed IFP because at least three of Bontemps' prior cases qualified as "strikes" under 28 U.S.C. § 1915, and Bontemps did not allege facts demonstrating that he faced imminent danger at the time he filed his complaint. See Knapp v. Hogan, 738 F.3d 1106, 1109 (9th Cir. 2013) (defining when a case is frivolous or malicious, or fails to state a claim under 28 U.S.C. § 1915, and can be considered a strike); Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1055-57 (9th Cir. 2007) (discussing imminent danger exception).
AFFIRMED.