(PC) Sims v. Clark

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

QUINCY SIMS, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-01775-DAD-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO ) RANDOMLY ASSIGN A DISTRICT JUDGE TO v. ) THIS ACTION

KEN CLARK, ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ) RECOMMENDING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO Defendant. ) PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS BE DENIED ) ) (ECF No. 2)

Plaintiff Quincy Sims is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the instant action on December 1, 2020, along with a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF Nos. 1, 2.) For the reasons discussed below, the Court recommends that Plaintiff not be allowed to proceed in forma pauperis and tat Plaintiff instead be required to pay the filing fee if he wishes to proceed with this action. /// /// 25 26 1 Under the mailbox rule, a prisoner's pleading is “deemed filed when he hands it over to prison…