Covello

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ELMAR K. SCOTT, Case No. 1:20-cv-01297-EPG-HC

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO

DENY PETITIONER’S APPLICATION TO

v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

COVELLO, (ECF No. 2)

Respondent. ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

TO ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE

16 Petitioner Elmar K. Scott is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On August 24, 2020, Petitioner commenced the instant proceeding by filing a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Sacramento Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. (ECF No. 1). On September 11, 2020, the petition was transferred to this Court. (ECF No. 6). Currently before the Court is Petitioner’s application to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 2). 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1) permits a plaintiff to bring a civil action “without prepayment of fees or security thereof” if the plaintiff…