(HC) Laster v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LEVI DALE LASTER, JR., No. 2:25-cv-0440 CSK P Petitioner, v. ORDER USA, Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a county jail inmate proceeding pro se. This action was referred to this Court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). On February 11, 2025, petitioner was ordered to file an affidavit to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the court’s filing fee. (ECF No. 3.) On February 13, 2025, petitioner filed a request for the Court to use the application to proceed in forma pauperis form previously submitted. (ECF No. 6.) But petitioner subsequently filed applications to proceed in forma pauperis, and a trust account statement. (ECF Nos. 7, 9 at 6, 10, 19.) Thus, his February 13, 2025 request is denied as moot. (ECF No. 6.) Examination of the affidavits reveals petitioner is unable to afford the costs of this action. Accordingly, leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). On…