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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 QUOC H. NGUYEN, No. 2:24-cv-02239-DJC-CKD (PS) Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER

FRANK,

15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff Quoc H. Nguyen proceeds without counsel and seeks to proceed in forma pauperis. This matter is before the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(21). See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Plaintiff has initiated this action with a civil complaint and an application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). (ECF Nos. 1, 2.) In order to commence a civil action, along with the complaint, a plaintiff must either pay the $350.00 filing fee and the $55.00 administrative fee or file an application requesting leave to proceed IFP. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). The court may authorize the commencement of an action “without prepayment of fees” by an individual who submits an affidavit evidencing an inability to pay such fees. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). “An affidavit in support of an IFP application is sufficient where it alleges that the affiant cannot pay…