Pfieffer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ADAM JAY STONE, ) Case No. 1:21-cv-01461-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO v. ) RANDOMLY ASSIGN A DISTRICT JUDGE TO

THIS ACTION

C. PFIEFFER, ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Defendant. ) RECOMMENDING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO ) PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS BE DENIED ) ) (ECF No. 2) )

Plaintiff Adam Jay Stone is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the instant complaint on September 30, 2021, along with a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. I. LEGAL STANDARD 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1) permits a plaintiff to bring a civil action “without prepayment of fees or security thereof” if the plaintiff submits a financial affidavit that demonstrates the plaintiff's “is unable…