(PC) Allen v. Black

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CEDRIC R. ALLEN, No. 2:23-cv-02917-TLN-SCR P Plaintiff, v. ORDER BLACK, et al., Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, proceeding without counsel while confined at Pelican Bay State Prison, filed this civil rights action concerning events that took place at California State Prison - Sacramento. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff also filed an in forma pauperis affidavit (“IFP”) in which he stated he was unable to pay the court costs and had not received money from other sources over the last twelve months. (ECF No. 2 at 1.) On June 21, 2024, the magistrate judge previously assigned to this case denied plaintiff’s application to proceed IFP, finding plaintiff was able to pay the court costs and was not entitled to IFP status on December 10, 2023, the day on which he signed the IFP affidavit and constructively filed the complaint. (ECF No. 7 at 2.) Plaintiff’s trust account statement indicated plaintiff’s account contained $1,808.84 on that…