DeMore

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Elena Portnoy, et al., No. 2:23-cv-02485-KJM-SCR Plaintiffs, ORDER v. Charles DeMore, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 Plaintiffs Elena and Sergei Portnoy, proceeding pro se, request the district court allow 18 them to proceed in forma pauperis. Mots., ECF Nos. 24-25. Because the Portnoys previously 19 paid the district court’s civil filing fee on October 27, 2023, and because they recently filed a 20 Notice of Appeal, ECF No. 23, the court construes the motions as requests to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal under Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 24. The court, having summarized the relevant background of this case in multiple previous 23 orders, incorporates the factual background by reference here. In summary, the Immigration and 24 Naturalization Service (INS), now the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), 25 denied the Portnoys’ applications to adjust Elena Portnoy’s status to…