Allison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 John Wesley WILLIAMS, Case No.: 24-cv-1382-AGS-AHG

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS (ECF 2), DISMISSING Kathleen ALLISON, et al.,

COMPLAINT, AND CLOSING CASE

Defendants.

John Wesley Williams, an unrepresented state prisoner suing defendants for civil- rights violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, moves to proceed in forma pauperis. For the reasons below, that motion is denied, and the complaint is dismissed without prejudice. DISCUSSION Typically, parties instituting a civil action in a United States district court must pay filing fees of $405.1 See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). But if granted the right to proceed in forma pauperis, plaintiffs need not pay those fees. Rodriguez v. Cook, 169 F.3d 1176, 1177 (9th Cir. 1999). Prisoners like Williams, however, “face an additional hurdle.” Moore v. Maricopa Cnty. Sheriff’s Office, 657 F.3d 890, 892 (9th Cir. 2011). To…