Gradford
Gradford v. Circuit Appeal
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
1:23-cv-01284-BAM
WILLIAM J. GRADFORD,
12 Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO FILE COMPLETED APPLICATION TO v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS OR PAY FILING FEE WITHIN THIRTY
DAYS
15 CIRCUIT APPEAL, et al., 16 Defendants. 17 Plaintiff William J. Gradford (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se, filed this civil action on 18 August 29, 2023, along with an application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). (Docs. 1, 2.) 19 However, as there are deficiencies in Plaintiff’s IFP application, the Court will direct Plaintiff to 20 file a new application. 21 First, Plaintiff checks both “Yes” and “No” in response to item 1 regarding incarceration 22 and wrote “confused.” (Doc. 2 at 1.) Second, in response to item 2 regarding employment, 23 Plaintiff wrote “Sorry don’t know how answer these question Feel like am going to be trapped 24 etc.” (Id.) This response does not make clear how much, if anything, Plaintiff earns. Third, in 25 response to…