Gamboa

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JOSHUA BLAND, Case No. 1:20-cv-00794-JDP Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DENY PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO

v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND

REQUIRE PAYMENT OF FILING FEE

C. GAMBOA, et al., WITHIN TWENTY-ONE DAYS Defendants. ECF No. 2 OBJECTIONS DUE IN 30 DAYS ORDER TO ASSIGN CASE TO DISTRICT

JUDGE

17 18 Plaintiff Joshua Bland is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s complaint alleges a variety of legal violations—including violations of the First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, Ninth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Amendments, as well as federal copyright laws—by more than 20 named and unnamed defendants, and requests injunctive relief and $100 million in damages. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff has also filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis under 28…