Ricketts

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL BRAGGS, No. 2:23–cv–00598–KJM–KJN PS Plaintiff, ORDER v. DONAT RICKETTS, Defendant. 16 On April 20, 2023, the undersigned issued findings and recommendations on plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (ECF No. 9.) The undersigned recommended plaintiff’s IFP application be denied because plaintiff’s income surpassed 150% of the 2023 federal poverty guidelines. (Id. at 1.) The district judge did not adopt the findings and recommendations in light of plaintiff’s high living expenses, and instead remanded plaintiff’s IFP application to the undersigned for further review and for consideration of defendant’s “ex parte motion to strike,” which the undersigned construes as an opposition to plaintiff’s IFP application. (ECF No. 10 at 2.)

1 Actions where a party proceeds without counsel are referred to a magistrate judge pursuant to E.D. Cal. L.R. 302(c)(21). See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and…