Taylor
(PC) Hodge v. Taylor
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JASON ROBERT HODGE, Case No. 2:19-cv-01956-JAM-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS
TO BE EXCUSED FROM PAYING THE
v. FILING FEE AND FOR APPOINTMENT OF
COUNSEL AND GRANTING
KEVIN RUETER, et al., DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR AN
EXTENSION OF TIME
Defendants. ECF Nos. 63, 66, & 67 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding without counsel and in forma pauperis, has filed a motion requesting that he be excused from paying the filing fee, ECF No. 63, and a motion for appointment of counsel, ECF No. 67. The Prison Litigation Reform Act requires all prisoners proceeding in forma pauperis to pay the full amount of the filing fee, although payments may be made in increments. Williams v. Paramo, 775 F.3d 1182, 1185 (9th Cir. 2015); see also 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(b)(1) & (2); Taylor v. Delatoore, 281 F.3d 844, 847 (9th Cir. 2002) (“Under the PLRA, all prisoners who file IFP civil actions must pay the full…