Burton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CIRON B. SPRINGFIELD, No. 2:22-cv-0568 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER ROBERT BURTON, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, is proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has filed an in forma pauperis affidavit in which he states that as of May 20, 2022, he had $3,205.07 in his prison trust fund account. ECF No. 5 at 4. In order to commence an action, plaintiff must either pay both the $350.00 filing fee and the $52.00 administrative fee for a civil action or file an application requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). The court may authorize the commencement of an action “without prepayment of fees and costs or security therefor, by a person who submits an affidavit . . . that [he] is unable to pay such fee or give security therefor.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). The amount in plaintiff’s prison trust fund account shows that plaintiff is

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