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4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JORGE CONTRERAS, Case No. 1:25-cv-01157-KES-EPG (PC) 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, 13 RECOMMENDING THAT THIS ACTION BE v. DISMISSED, FOR FAILURE TO PAY THE 14 FILING FEE OR SUBMIT AN APPLICATION

B. MENDOZA, et al.

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS,

15 Defendants. FAILURE TO PROSECUTE, AND FAILURE

TO COMPLY WITH A COURT ORDER

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OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN THIRTY

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19 20 Plaintiff Jorge Contreras, an inmate at the Madera County when this case was filed on 21 September 8, 2025, proceeds pro se in this civil rights lawsuit filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1). When Plaintiff filed this case, Plaintiff neither paid the filing fee for this action nor 22 submitted an application to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP). The Court issued an order on 23 September 19, 2025, giving Plaintiff forty-five days to either (1) submit a completed and signed 24 IFP application or (2) pay the…