Taiarol

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEVEN R. RODRIGUEZ, No. 2:21-cv-1958 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER RYAN TAIAROL, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s motion to amend. (ECF No. 9.) For the reasons set forth below, the court will grant the motion to amend and direct plaintiff to either pay the filing fee in full or submit a properly completed in forma pauperis application within thirty days. I. Motion to Amend Plaintiff has filed a motion to amend the complaint. (ECF No. 9.) Therein, plaintiff states that he seeks to amend the complaint to add additional claims and defendants. (Id. at 1-2.) The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure state that courts “should freely give leave [to amend] when justice so requires.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2). “In the absence of any apparent or declared reason—such as undue…