(PC) Smith v. Parole Board

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ANTHONY X. SMITH, No. 2:19-cv-2454 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER PAROLE BOARD, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has not, however, filed an in forma pauperis affidavit or paid the required filing fee of $350.00 plus the $50.00 administrative fee. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). By order dated, December 16, 2019, the court directed plaintiff to file an in forma pauperis application or pay the filing fee within thirty days. (ECF No. 11.) Plaintiff was warned that failure to file the application or pay the filing fee would result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed. Thereafter, plaintiff filed a document arguing that he should be “automatically approved” to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 12.) Plaintiff states that the ////

If leave to file in forma pauperis is granted, plaintiff will…