Dobbs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL E. JACQUES, No. 2:24-cv-00478-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE M. DOBBS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Plaintiff has also filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 3. Because of discrepancies between plaintiff’s IFP application and institutional trust account statement, the court must determine the propriety of granting plaintiff IFP status before it can screen the complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) allows a person to proceed IFP after she submits to the court an affidavit that includes a statement of all of the person’s assets and a statement that the person cannot pay the filing fee. Additionally, a prisoner seeking to proceed IFP must also submit a certified…