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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ED DWAYNE SMITH, No. 2:22-cv-0078 KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER UNKNOWN, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner at California Medical Facility, wrote a letter to The Honorable John S. Tigar, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, regarding prison conditions. The Clerk opened a case and transferred the case to this district. It is unclear whether plaintiff intended to initiate a federal lawsuit, and no other pleadings have been filed by the plaintiff. In order to commence an action, plaintiff must file a complaint as required by Rule 3 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and plaintiff must either pay the required filing fee or file an application requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). The court will not issue any orders granting or denying relief until an action is properly commenced. ////

1 If leave to file in forma pauperis is granted, plaintiff…