(PC) Rajagopal v. Modesto Police Department

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GOPI RAJAGOPAL, No. 2:23-cv-2967 SCR P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

MODESTO POLICE DEPT., et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a county inmate proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the court is plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). For the reasons set forth below, this court recommends plaintiff’s application be denied. In order to commence an action, plaintiff must file a complaint as required by Rule 3 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and plaintiff must either pay both the $350.00 filing fee and the $55.00 administrative fee for a civil action, 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 or security therefor” by an individual who submits an affidavit evidencing an inability to pay…