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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES CARL KELLY, Case No.: 1:24-cv-01063-SKO Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DENY IN FORMA PAUPERIS STATUS

v. 14-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD GAVIN NEWSOME, et al., Clerk of the Court to Assign District Judge Defendants.

Plaintiff James Carl Kelly is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. section 1983. I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff initiated this action by filing a complaint on September 6, 2024. (Doc. 1.) That same date, Plaintiff filed a handwritten motion to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) and a motion for the appointment of counsel. (Docs. 2 & 3.) Although Plaintiff has not submitted a formal application to proceed IFP form in this action, the Court finds one unnecessary for the reasons discussed below. II. THREE-STRIKES PROVISION OF 28 U.S.C. § 1915 28 U.S.C. section 1915 governs IFP proceedings. The statute provides that “[i]n no event shall a prisoner bring a civil…