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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICKEY LEON SCOTT, No. 1:19-cv-01079-DAD-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS TO DENY

J. CHAN, et al., PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST TO PROCEED IN

FORMA PAUPERIS

Defendants. (Doc. No. 2)

17 Plaintiff Rickey Leon Scott is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On August 5, 2019, plaintiff commenced this action by filing a complaint (Doc. No. 1) and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. No. 2). The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On August 12, 2019, the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations, recommending that plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis be denied and that he be required to pay the $400.00 filing fee in full to proceed with this action because: (1) he is subject to the three strikes bar under…