Willsmore

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DEANDRE ROBINSON, No. 2:24-cv-3681 TLN AC P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 NOAH WILLSMORE, 15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff is a county inmate who filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 18 without a lawyer. Pending before the court are plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma 19 pauperis, screening of the complaint, and motion to appoint counsel. See ECF Nos. 1-3. 20 I. Application to Proceed 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. ECF No. 2. Plaintiff has submitted a declaration showing that he cannot 23 afford to pay the entire filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion to 24 proceed in forma pauperis is granted.1

25 1 This means that plaintiff is allowed to pay the $350.00 filing fee in monthly installments that 26 are taken from the inmate’s trust account rather than in one lump sum. 28…