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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROY WEST, Case No. 2:25-cv-0537-JDP (P) Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS PATRICK WITHROW, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a county inmate proceeding pro se, has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis and has submitted an affidavit in support of his application, as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). ECF No. 6. Pursuant to federal statute, a filing fee of $350.00 is required to commence a civil action in federal district court. 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). This court also requires a $55 administrative fee. An action may proceed despite a plaintiff’s failure to prepay the entire fee only if he is granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). See Andrews v. Cervantes, 493 F.3d 1047, 1051 (9th Cir. 2007). A prisoner seeking leave to proceed in forma pauperis must submit a “certified copy of the trust fund account statement (or institutional equivalent) for . . . the…