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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EDWARD VINCENT RAY, JR., Case No. 1:22-cv-01504-CDB (PC) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DENY PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO

v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND

REQUIRE PLAINTIFF TO PAY THE

BRIAN CATES, et al., $402.00 FILING FEE IN FULL Defendants. (Doc. 2)

FOURTEEN (14) DAY DEADLINE

Clerk of Court to assign a district judge. 19 I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Edward Vincent Ray, Jr., is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed a complaint and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis on November 21, 2022. (Docs. 1, 2.) Although this case is pending, Plaintiff re-filed this case with photocopies of these pleadings on February 2, 2023, in Case No. 1:23-cv-00164- GSA. Upon review of Plaintiff’s prisoner litigation history and his complaint, the Court finds that Plaintiff…