Flores

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MONRELL DONOVAN MURPHY, Case No. 1:23-cv-00740-NODJ-BAM (PC) 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO

13 v. REVOKE PLAINTIFF’S IN FORMA

PAUPERIS STATUS

14 FLORES, (ECF No. 20) 15 Defendant.

FOURTEEN (14) DAY DEADLINE

16 17 I. Background 18 Plaintiff Monrell Donovan Murphy (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and 19 in forma pauperis (“IFP”) in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action 20 was initiated on May 12, 2023. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff’s motion to proceed IFP was granted the 21 same date. (ECF Nos. 2, 5.) This action proceeds against Defendant D. Flores for excessive 22 force in violation of the Eighth Amendment and for retaliation in violation of the First 23 Amendment. (ECF Nos. 12, 15.) 24 On February 14, 2024, Defendant filed a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(A) to 25 revoke Plaintiff’s IFP status, together with a request for judicial notice. (ECF No. 20.) …