Lucas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL HICKS, Case No. 1:20-cv-01721-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TO DENY PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO

v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

A. LUCAS, et al., (Doc. 5)

Defendants. 14-DAY DEADLINE

Clerk of the Court to Assign District Judge 17 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (Doc. 5.) The inmate trust account statement attached to the motion indicates that Plaintiff currently has more than $6,000 in his trust account. (Id. at 3.) This is more than enough to pay the filing fee for this action in full. In his motion for an extension of time to pay the filing fee, filed concurrently with his IFP motion, Plaintiff concedes that he has adequate funds to pay the filing fee. (Doc. 4 at 1.) Proceeding “in forma pauperis is a privilege not a right.” Smart v. Heinze, 347 F.2d 114, 116 (9th Cir.…