Meza

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 QUINTIN R. CROSS, No. 2:19-cv-2416 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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T. MEZA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, has requested a refund of the filing fee in this case. ECF No. 10. Plaintiff states that he voluntarily dismissed this case but the court kept his filing fee. Id. Plaintiff was granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis in this case, ECF No. 7, and has not voluntarily dismissed this case. It appears he has mistaken this case for Cross v. Newsom, No. 2:19-cv-2462 WBS CKD, in which he did pay the filing fee and later filed a voluntary dismissal. However, it has come to the court’s attention that plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis was granted in error. Plaintiff’s prisoner trust account statement reflects a balance of $14,509.70, ECF No. 4, and plaintiff has therefore made an…