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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 CANDACE SMITH, Case No. 1:24-cv-00476-JLT-EPG 10 Plaintiff, 11 ORDER DENYING IN FORMA PAUPERIS v. APPLICATION WITHOUT PREJUDICE AND 12 DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO SUBMIT LONG

KATHY DAVIS, FORM APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN

13 FORMA PAUPERIS OR PAY FILING FEE Defendant. WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS 14 (ECF No. 2). 15 16 Plaintiff Candace Smith filed this civil action on April 22, 2024. (See ECF No. 1). With 17 the filing of his complaint, Plaintiff submitted an application to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) 18 (ECF No. 2). 19 Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1), a pro se plaintiff may proceed without prepayment of fees 20 by submitting “an affidavit that includes a statement of all assets such [person] possesses that the 21 person is unable to pay such fees or give security therefor.” See Flores v. California Corr. 22 Women’s Facility, No. 1:19-cv-1509-NONE-JLT, 2020 WL 8821643, at *1 (E.D. Cal. June 24, 23…