(PC)Evans

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CLEVELAND EVANS, Case No. 1:19-cv-00760-LJO-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DENY PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO PROCEED

v. IN FORMA PAUPERIS

SHERMAN, et al., (Docs. 7-9)

Defendants. 21-DAY DEADLINE 16 On June 24, 2019, Plaintiff filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court ordered Plaintiff to show cause why his application should not be denied due to the amount of money in his inmate trust account. (Doc. 8.) Plaintiff filed a response in which he argues that the Court should find him financially “below the poverty guidelines” because: settlement funds he received in February of 2019 should not be taken into account; after he paid a #375 debt to a family member from those settlement funds, Plaintiff never had more than $268.16 in any account; and that, at the time he filed this action, Plaintiff only had $47.12, which was insufficient to pay the filing fee. (Doc. 9, p. 2.) Despite these…