Dobbs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 MICHAEL E. JACQUES, No. 2:24-cv-00478-DJC-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER M. DOBBS, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel, brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on February 15, 2024. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) that same day. (ECF No. 2.) On March 7, 2025, the Magistrate Judge filed Findings and Recommendations recommending this case be dismissed with prejudice under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(A) because Plaintiff had misrepresented her finances in her IFP application in bad faith. (ECF No. 12.) In particular, the Magistrate Judge found that Plaintiff had failed to disclose deposits made into her prison trust account from outside sources yet “stated under penalty of perjury on her IFP application that she receives no money from any source.” (Id. at 5.) The Findings and Recommendations contained notice to all Parties 26…