UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI EASTERN DIVISION ALEXANDER HOWELL, ) Plaintiff, VS. Case No. 4:23-cv-00559-MTS ASHLEY SKAGGS, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM AND ORDER This matter is before the Court on pro se prisoner Alexander Howell’s Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis. For the reasons recently explained at length by the Court in Howell vy. Davis, 4:23-cv-687-RWS,

(E.D. Mo. Aug. 28, 2023), and Howell v. Paine, 4:23-cv-00465-SEP,

(E.D. Mo. Aug. 18, 2023), Plaintiff is subject to the three strikes rule under

(g). Therefore, the Court must deny Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis, and the Court will enter a separate Order of Dismissal dismissing this action without prejudice. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Proceed in Forma Pauperis, Doc. [2], is DENIED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the issuance of a certificate of appealability is DENIED. Dated this 19th day of September 2023. / he □□ UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE