Thomas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA Kenneth D. THOMAS, Case No.: 24-cv-1528-AGS-MSB

Plaintiff,

ORDER: (1) DENYING MOTION TO

v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS (ECF 4) AS MOOT AND

J. HILL, RJD Prison, (2) DENYING MOTION FOR Defendants. RECONSIDERATION (ECF 5) 9 Plaintiff Kenneth Thomas, an inmate representing himself, brings a civil-rights claim against his prison and its warden under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On January 27, 2024, the Court granted Thomas’s request to proceed without prepaying the filing fee due to poverty but dismissed his original complaint for failure to state a claim. (ECF 3.) The Court granted Thomas leave to file an amended complaint. (Id. at 7.) Instead, Thomas filed a motion for reconsideration. (See ECF 4.) On the same day he also filed another motion to proceed without prepaying the filing fee. (ECF 5.) DISCUSSION First, Thomas’s new motion to proceed without prepaying the filing fee is…