Fiori

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 MARCEL D. FORD, 1:23-cv-01676-EPG (PC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO ASSIGN A DISTRICT JUDGE

v.

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS,

FIORI, RECOMMENDING THAT THIS ACTION BE

DISMISSED, WITHOUT PREJUDICE

Defendant. OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE WITHIN

FOURTEEN (14) DAYS

16 Plaintiff Marcel Ford is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights lawsuit filed 17 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. After Plaintiff failed to submit an application to proceed in forma pauperis or pay the filing fee, the Court issued an order on December 6, 2023, giving Plaintiff forty-five days to do either and warning of dismissal if Plaintiff failed to comply. (ECF No. 3). The forty-five-day period has expired, and Plaintiff has failed to pay the filing fee, submit an IFP application, or otherwise respond to the Court’s order. Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall assign a district judge to this case. And IT IS…