(PC) Matlock v. Kern County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 RICHARD A. MATLOCK, Case No. 1:19-cv-01368-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

RANDOMLY ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE TO

v. ACTION KERN COUNTY, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

RECOMMENDING PLAINTIFF’S

Defendants. APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS BE DENIED

13 (ECF No. 10)

THIRTY (30) DAY DEADLINE

15 Plaintiff Richard A. Matlock is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, filed on December 2, 2019. (ECF No. 10.) I. LEGAL STANDARD 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1) permits a plaintiff to bring a civil action “without prepayment of fees or security thereof” if the plaintiff submits a financial affidavit that demonstrates the plaintiff's “is unable to pay such…