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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 HOWARD DUPREE GRISSOM, No. 2:24-cv-00926 SCR P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 STEFANIE KEENAN, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state inmate proceeding pro se with a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 18 1983. Before the court are plaintiff’s complaint for screening (ECF No. 1) and application to 19 proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2). 20 IN FORMA PAUPERIS 21 Plaintiff has requested leave to proceed without paying the full filing fee for this action, 22 under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Plaintiff has submitted a declaration showing that he cannot afford to 23 pay the entire filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion to proceed 24 in forma pauperis is granted. 25 This means that plaintiff is allowed to pay the $350.00 filing fee in monthly installments 26 that are taken from the inmate’s trust account rather than in one lump sum. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a). 27 As part of this order, the prison is…