Barton

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 BILLY RAY SHANEE MALDONADO, No. 2:25-CV-0772-WBS-DMC-P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 ROBERT BARTON, et al., and 15 Defendants. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 16 17 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 18 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 19 Plaintiff initiated this action with a pro se complaint. See ECF No. 1. The action 20 currently proceeds on Plaintiff’s first amended complaint filed on June 30, 2025. See ECF No. 21 10. When Plaintiff initiated the action, he filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, 22 which the Court granted. See ECF No. 7. The Court also directed partial monthly fee payments. 23 See id. A further review of the docket reflects, however, that Plaintiff is not entitled to proceed in 24 forma pauperis in this action because he has had three or more prior actions dismissed for failure 25 to state a claim or as frivolous and the current action does not involve a claim of…