Hicks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TRACYE BENARD WASHINGTON, 1:19-cv-00156-NONE-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

REIMBURSEMENT OF FILING FEE

vs. (ECF No. 14.)

DAVID HICKS, et al.,

Defendants.

21 I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND Tracye Benard Washington (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action on February 5, 2019. (ECF No. 1.) On March 7, 2019, Plaintiff paid the $400.00 filing fee in full for this action. (Court Record.) On April 22, 2020, Plaintiff filed a motion for reimbursement of the $400.00 filing fee. (ECF No. 14.) No defendant has appeared in this action. II. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION Plaintiff requests reimbursement of the $400.00 filing fee he paid for this case, arguing that he has paid the filing fee for this case twice. As background, Plaintiff asserts that he filed a § 1983…