Dragasits

NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Stephen DRAGASITS, Case No.: 24-cv-1257-AGS-SBC

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

vs. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

AND SCREENING COMPLAINT

Correctional Officers ARCHULETA,

PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C.

Messia, Garcia, Quijada and Saliewsky, §§ 1915(e)(2) & 1915A(b) Defendants.

11 Plaintiff Stephen Dragasits, an unrepresented state prisoner suing defendants for 12 civil-rights violations under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, is seeking to proceed without prepaying the 13 filing fee, known as proceeding “in forma pauperis.” The motion to proceed IFP is granted, 14 and this action is dismissed with leave to amend.

MOTION TO PROCEED IFP

16 Anyone instituting a civil action in a district court of the United States must typically 17 pay a filing fee of $405, consisting of a $350 statutory fee plus an additional administrative 18 fee of $55, although the administrative fee does not apply to persons granted leave to 19…