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(PC) Acevedo v. Unknown
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ARMANDO ZEPEDA ACEVEDO, No. 2:21-cv-0524 KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER UNKNOWN, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, an inmate at Tehama County Jail, filed a letter seeking help with his current criminal court case, No. 20cr002540. No other pleadings have been filed by the plaintiff. In order to commence an action, plaintiff must file a complaint as required by Rule 3 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and plaintiff must either pay the required filing fee or file an application requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). The court will not issue any orders granting or denying relief until an action has been properly commenced. 23 Absent extraordinary circumstances, plaintiff is advised that this court is barred from directly interfering with ongoing criminal proceedings in state court. See Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 46 (1971); Mann v. Jett, 781 F.2d 1448, 1449 (9th Cir.1985) (“When a state…