Hubbard

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROGELIO MAY RUIZ, No. 2:19-cv-2350 JAM AC P Plaintiff,

ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

v. RECOMMENDATIONS A. HUBBARD, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis was denied on September 9, 2020, and he was ordered to pay the $400.00 filing fee or face dismissal of the case. ECF No. 12. Plaintiff then filed a motion for reconsideration, ECF No. 13, which was denied, ECF No. 15. In denying the motion for reconsideration, the district judge granted plaintiff an additional thirty days to pay the filing fee. Id. at 15. The thirty-day period has now expired, and plaintiff has not paid the fee. It will therefore be recommended that this action be dismissed. Plaintiff has once again requested the appointment of counsel to act as his interpreter. ECF No. 16. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that district courts lack authority to require counsel to represent indigent prisoners in § 1983 cases. …