Ostrander

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GUILLERMO TRUJILLO CRUZ, Case No. 1:19-cv-0994-AWI-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DENY PLAINTIFF’S APPLICATION TO

v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS LT. J. OSTRAN DER, S. SAVOIE, (Doc. 32) Defendants.

FOURTEEN-DAY DEADLINE

16 This action proceeds on plaintiff’s first amended complaint on a First Amendment retaliation claim against Correctional Officer (CO) S. Savoie and a Fourteenth Amendment equal protection claim against Lt. J. Ostrander. (Doc. 17.) Defendants have since been served and appeared in this case. Recently, defendants filed a motion to strike the first amended complaint for plaintiff’s failure to pay the filing fee or to submit an application to proceed in forma pauperis. (Doc. 29.) Because it appeared that plaintiff had indeed not paid the filing fee or sought leave to proceed in forma pauperis, he was ordered to do so immediately. (Doc. 30.) Plaintiff was also informed that he is a three-strikes litigant…