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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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11 JOSE ORTIZ, Case No. 1:19-cv-01416-AWI-SAB

12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

REQUEST TO REMOVE DEBT

13 v. (ECF No. 9) 14 FANNY ORTIZ, et al.,

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16 17 Jose Ortiz (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner, appeared pro se in this civil rights action 18 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed an application to proceed without prepayment of 19 fees which was granted on October 31, 2019. On November 1, 2019, findings and 20 recommendations issued recommending dismissing the complaint without leave to amend for 21 failure to state a claim. On November 14, 2019, Plaintiff filed a notice of voluntary dismissal 22 and this action was closed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a). 23 On October 21, 2020, Plaintiff filed a request that his debt be cancelled and the prison be 24 notified to stop making deductions from his inmate trust account. “Filing fees are part of the 25 costs of litigation,” and prisoner cases are no exception. Slaughter v. Carey, No. 26 …