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 recommended plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) be denied because plaintiff’s income surpassed 150% of the 2023 federal poverty guidelines. (ECF No. 9 at 1.) The findings and recommendations were not adopted and plaintiff’s IFP application was remanded to the undersigned for further review and for consideration of defendant’s “ex parte motion to strike,” which the undersigned construed as an opposition to plaintiff’s IFP application. (See ECF No. 11 at 1, citing ECF No. 10.) On June 5, 2023, the undersigned ordered plaintiff to either respond to the allegations in defendant's opposition within thirty days or pay the remaining filing fee within thirty days. (ECF No. 11.) However, over thirty days passed and plaintiff has not complied with the court’s order. …