Ortiz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

REQUEST TO REMOVE DEBT

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

Defendants.

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