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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES—GENERAL

Case No. CV 20-9199-VBF (KK) Date: January 4, 2021 Title:

Present: The Honorable KENLY KIYA KATO, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

DEB TAYLOR Not Reported Deputy Clerk Court Reporter

Attorney(s) Present for Plaintiff(s): Attorney(s) Present for Defendant(s): None Present None Present

Proceedings: Order re: Failure to File Request to Proceed In Forma Pauperis

Plaintiff John Cephas Young (“Plaintiff”), an inmate at Los Angeles County Jail, filed a civil rights complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ECF Docket No. (“Dkt.”) 1. On October 6, 2020, Plaintiff constructively filed1 a request to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP Application”). Dkt. 2. On November 9, 2020 the Court denied the IFP Application because Plaintiff (1) failed to authorize disbursements from his prison trust account to pay the filing fees; (2) failed to include a certified copy of his prison trust fund statement; and (3) failed to set forth an adequate showing of indigency because his IFP Application stated he has $46,000 in a certificate of…