McNickles

I. BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF ORDER

18 On September 27, 2019, the Court received Plaintiff David Kroll’s 19 (“Plaintiff”), civil rights Complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Complaint” or 20 “Compl.”). Electronic Case Filing Number (“ECF No.”) 1, Compl. Plaintiff, 21 proceeding pro se, requested to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP Request”). ECF 22 No. 2, IFP Request. In Plaintiff’s IFP Request, he used the inmate IFP form and 23 attached a certified copy of his prison trust account and an authorization for 24 disbursement of funds, but Plaintiff also listed a personal mailing address. See id.; 25 ECF No. 1, Compl. at 1-2. Thus, Plaintiff’s custodial status was unclear because 26 the content of Plaintiff’s IRP request suggested that Plaintiff was an inmate, while 27 Plaintiff’s listed address was not that of an incarcerated person. The Court, 1 the results yielded no records matching that criteria that showed Plaintiff is in 2 custody. 3 Because Plaintiff’s custodial status was unclear, the Court issued a Minute 4 Order on October 2, 2019, requiring Plaintiff, within thirty days, to either: (1) 5 inform the Court that his previously-submitted information did not…