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TRUJILLO v. SAVOIE (2021)

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.2021-04-27No. No. 19-17432

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Opinion

MEMORANDUM **

California state prisoner Guillermo Cruz Trujillo appeals pro se from the district courts judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for failure to pay the filing fee after denying Trujillos motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo the district courts interpretation and application of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1052 (9th Cir. 2007). We reverse and remand.

The district court determined that the Prisoner Litigation Reform Acts “three strikes” provision barred Trujillo from proceeding IFP because Trujillo did not plausibly allege that he was “under imminent danger of serious physical injury” at the time he lodged the complaint. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). However, a review of the record demonstrates that Trujillo plausibly alleged that he faced imminent danger of serious physical injury from other inmates due to defendant Savoies allegedly falsified report of Trujillos sexual misconduct. See Williams v. Paramo, 775 F.3d 1182, 1190 (9th Cir. 2015) (court should liberally construe a prisoners “facial allegations” and determine if the complaint “makes a plausible allegation” of imminent danger); see also Andrews, 493 F.3d at 1055 (discussing the imminent danger exception to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g)).

REVERSED and REMANDED.