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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JOSHUA DAVIS BLAND, Case No. 1:19-cv-01030-JDP Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DENY PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS TO

v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS, DENY

PLAINTIFF’S MISCELLANEOUS MOTION,

D. MOFFETT, et al., AND REQUIRE PAYMENT OF FILING FEE

IN FULL WITHIN TWENTY-ONE DAYS

Defendants. ECF Nos. 2, 11, and 13

OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN 14 DAYS

ORDER TO ASSIGN CASE TO DISTRICT

JUDGE 18 Plaintiff Joshua Davis Bland is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On July 17, 2019, plaintiff filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. ECF No. 2. That application contained numerous handwritten edits, stating, among other things, that Bland did “not consent to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2) as it is unconstitutional.” ECF No. 2 at 2. The provision to which Bland objected is both constitutional and a…