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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEPHANIE GUTIERREZ, Case No. 2:19-cv-10841-DOC-AFM

Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT

v. UNKNOWN, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, who is presently being held at the Ventura County Jail, filed this pro se civil rights action on December 23, 2019, and she appears to wish to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). However, plaintiff neither paid the required filing fee nor filed a Request to Proceed IFP. In her pleading, plaintiff does not set forth any claims, identify any defendants, or seek relief (other than her release from custody). As set forth below, the pleading fails to allege any arguable basis in either fact or law for a federal civil rights claim and fails to set forth a short and plain statement of any claim. See Denton v. Hernandez, 504 U.S. 25, 31-33 (1992); Neitzke v. Williams, 490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989). The Court has screened the pleading to determine whether it is frivolous or malicious; fails to state a claim on which relief may be…