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708 F. App'x 430

Gregory Bontemps v. Harper

U.S. Courts of Appeals

Decided December 29, 2017

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U.S. Courts of Appeals · decided 2017-12-29

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1915 · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))

Relies on Padgett v. Wright · Washington v. Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department · Harris v. Mangum

Decided 2017-12-29

¶1 MEMORANDUM

¶2 Gregory C. Bontemps, a California state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court’s order dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action for failure to pay the filing fee after revoking his in forma pauperis status (“IFP”) on the ground that Bon-temps 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. Sheriffs Dep’t, 833 F.3d 1048, 1054 (9th Cir. 2016). We affirm.

¶3 The district court properly revoked Bon-temps’ IFP status because at least three of Bontemps’ prior cases qualified as “strikes” under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. See Harris v. Mangum, 863 F.3d 1138, 1143 (9th Cir. 2017) (“[W]hen (1) a district court dismisses a complaint on the ground that it fails to state a claim, (2) the court grants leave to amend, and (3) the plaintiff then fails to file an amended complaint, the dismissal counts as a strike under § 1915(g).”); 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).

¶4 We do not consider matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening brief, or arguments and allegations raised- for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).

¶5 AFFIRMED.

¶6 This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

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