Briggs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHNNY LEE BRIGGS, Case No. 1:23-cv-0140 JLT SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DENYING

v. PLAINTIFF’S APPLICATION TO PROCEED

IN FORMA PAUPERIS, AND DIRECTING

DAVID FENSTERMAKER, et al., PAYMENT OF THE FILING FEE Defendants. (Docs. 2, 8) 16 Johnny Lee Briggs seeks to hold the defendants liable for violations of his civil rights pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. 1.) On January 30, 2023, Plaintiff filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis in the action. (Doc. 2.) The assigned magistrate judge reviewed Plaintiff’s prisoner trust account statement from Wasco State Prison and noted Plaintiff had $6,587.30 to his credit. (Doc. 8 at 2.) The magistrate judge found Plaintiff was financially able to pay the filing fee in this action and recommended the motion to proceed in forma pauperis be denied on February 1, 2023. (Id. at 2-3.) The Court served the Findings and…