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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERICK DONTAY GRAYSON, Case No.: 1:24-cv-00311-SKO Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE IN WRITING

WHY APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN

v. FORMA PAUPERIS SHOULD NOT BE

DENIED

LAURA PEREZ, 30-DAY DEADLINE Defendant.

16 Plaintiff Erick Dontay Grayson is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff filed a complaint on March 14, 2024, and submitted an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) by a Prisoner. (Docs. 1, 2.) In his IFP application, Plaintiff states he is unable to pay the filing fee, he is not employed, and he does not receive any money from a business, profession or self-employment, rent payments, interest or dividends, pensions, annuities or life insurance payments, disability or workers’ compensation payments, gifts or inheritance, or from “[a]ny other sources.” (Doc. 2 at 1-2.) Plaintiff also denies having any cash or owning any real…