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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID W. RIDDELL, ) Case No.: 1:21-cv-01065-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO v. ) RANDOMLY ASSIGN A DISTRICT JUDGE TO

THIS ACTION

OFFICER FRYE, et al., ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION Defendants. ) RECOMMENDING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO ) PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS BE DENIED ) ) (ECF No. 2) )

Plaintiff David W. Riddell is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the instant complaint on July 6, 2021, along with a motion to proceed in forma pauperis, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, Sacramento. Division. On July 8, 2021, the action was transferred to this Court. I. LEGAL STANDARD 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1) permits a plaintiff to bring a civil action “without…