Bitter

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TERRY LEWIS, 1:19-cv-01094-NONE-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

RELIEF FROM FILING FEE

vs. (ECF No. 14.)

M.D. BITTER, et al.,

Defendants.

16 I. BACKGROUND Terry Lewis (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action on August 12, 2019. (ECF No. 1.) On November 4, 2019, this case was dismissed as duplicative of an earlier-filed case. (ECF No. 13.) On March 6, 2020, Plaintiff filed a motion for relief from the filing fee in this case. (ECF No. 15.) No opposition has been filed. II. MOTION FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF FILING FEES “Filing fees are part of the costs of litigation,” and prisoner cases are no exception. Slaughter v. Carey, No. CIVS030851MCEDADP, 2007 WL 1865501, at *1 (E.D. Cal. 2007) (quoting Lucien v. DeTella, 141 F.3d 773, 775…