The following excerpt is from Thomas v. Parks, Case No. 1:16-cv-01393-LJO-JLT (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2018):
The exception under section 1915(g) applies if the complaint makes a plausible allegation that the prisoner faced "imminent danger of serious physical injury" at the time the action was filed. 28 U.S.C. 1915(g); Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1055 (9th Cir. 2007). For the exception to apply, the court must look to the conditions the "prisoner faced at the time the
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