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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL E. JACQUES, No. 2:23-cv-02714 SCR P Plaintiff, v. ORDER C. HEARN, Defendant.

17 Plaintiff, proceeding without counsel while confined at Salinas Valley State Prison, filed this civil rights action concerning events that took place at Mule Creek State Prison. (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 13, 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 November 2, 2023, the day on which he signed the IFP affidavit and constructively filed the complaint. (ECF No. 6 at 2.) To the contrary, plaintiff’s trust account statement indicated the account contained $2,297.63 on that date.…