Cisneros

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MELVIN JOSEPH SIMMONS, ) Case No. 1:21-cv-01550-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO v. ) RANDOMLY ASSIGN A DISTRICT JUDGE TO

THIS ACTION

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

Plaintiff Melvin Joseph Simmons is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the instant action on October 17, 2021. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff has submitted an application proceed in forma pauperis in this action. (ECF No. 2.) For the reasons discussed below, the Court recommends that Plaintiff not be allowed to proceed in forma pauperis and that Plaintiff instead be required to pay the filing fee if he wishes to proceed with this action. …