(PC) Castrellon v. Lynch

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL CASTRELLON, No. 2:24-cv-01622 SCR P Plaintiff, v. ORDER JEFF LYNCH, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state inmate who filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 without a lawyer. Pending before the undersigned is plaintiff’s complaint for screening (ECF No. 1) and motions to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF Nos. 2, 10). IN FORMA PAUPERIS Plaintiff has requested leave to proceed without paying the full filing fee for this action and submitted a declaration showing that he cannot afford to pay the entire filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2) is granted. This means that plaintiff is allowed to pay the $350.00 filing fee in monthly installments that are taken from the inmate’s trust account rather than in one lump sum. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a). As part of this order, the prison is required to…