(PC) Santiago Pratt v. Clark

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SANTIAGO PRATT, Case No.: 1:21-cv-00180-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DENY PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO

v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND

DISMISSING ACTION

KEN CLARK, et al., (Doc. 6) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Santiago Pratt, an inmate proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. 1) For the following reasons, the undersigned magistrate judge finds that Plaintiff has sufficient funds to pay the filing fee and recommends that the Court dismiss this action for failure to comply with this Court’s Order to Show Cause and because the allegation of poverty is untrue. On March 12, 2021, the Court ordered Plaintiff to pay the filing fee or apply to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (Doc. 5.) Plaintiff filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis in which he indicated that he had no cash, checking or savings accounts, or any other assets. (Doc. 6.)…