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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ORRIN TYLER COLBOURN, No. 2:23-cv-02918-EFB (PC) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 B. DRAPER, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a county jail inmate proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 18 U.S.C. § 1983 (ECF No. 1), seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2). As discussed 19 below, the request is granted, and the court will screen the complaint. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). 20 Application to Proceed in Forma Pauperis 21 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915, federal courts are authorized to allow certain litigants to sue 22 without prepayment of the ordinary filing fee (commonly referred to as “proceeding in forma 23 pauperis”). These litigants must demonstrate that they are unable to pay the fee. 28 U.S.C. § 24 1915(a)(1) and (2). Plaintiff’s application makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1) 25 and (2). 26 Prisoners face additional barriers to proceeding in forma pauperis. One such barrier, 27 known…