Betts

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DOMENIC JARELLE BETTS, Case No.: 25-cv-01296-MMA (DDL)

CDCR #AM-3604,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

Plaintiff, PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS v. AND DISMISSING CIVIL ACTION

WITHOUT PREJUDICE

LISA TERRONEZ, Correctional Officer,

[Doc. No. 2] Defendant. 17 18 Plaintiff Domenic Jarelle Betts, a prisoner at Salinas Valley State Prison (“SVSP”) in Soledad, California, and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Compl.”), together with a motion to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) (“IFP”). See Doc. Nos. 1, 2. Plaintiff claims a Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) Officer retaliated against him on May 24, 2023, by destroying his property and “put[ting] [him] in a cage” due to lawsuits he filed against two of her fellow officers. See Compl. at 3. I. MOTION TO PROCEED IFP All parties instituting any civil action,…