Pfeiffer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EDWARD N. THOMAS, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-01679-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO v. ) RANDOMLY ASSIGN A DISTRICT JUDGE TO

THIS ACTION

CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, et al., ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Defendants. ) RECOMMENDING PLAINTIFF NOT BE ) ALLOWED TO PROCEED IN FORMA ) PAUPERIS IN THIS ACTION

Plaintiff Edward N. Thomas is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the instant action on November 17, 2020. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff has not paid the filing fee or submitted an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. For the reasons discussed below, the Court recommends that Plaintiff not be allowed to proceed in forma pauperis and that Plaintiff instead be required to pay the filing fee if he wishes to proceed with this action. I. …