The following excerpt is from Harris v. Mangum, 863 F.3d 1133 (9th Cir. 2017):
There is nothing in 1915(g) that suggests a dismissal for failure to state a claim only counts as a strike when the complaint is obviously unsalvageable on its face. We have previously held that "[l]eave to amend should be granted if it appears at all possible that the plaintiff can correct the defect" and that opportunities to amend are "particularly important for the pro se litigant." Crowley v. Bannister , 734 F.3d 967, 97778 (9th Cir. 2013) (emphasis added in Crowley ) (quoting
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