Schleicher

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 GABRIEL MATTHEW GUILLEN, No. 1:23-cv-01679 JLT GSA (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING THE

13 v. ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE, AND

DENYING THE APPLICATION TO

14 TYLER SCHLEICHER, et al., PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AS MOOT 15 Defendants. (Docs. 2, 8) 16 17 Plaintiff was a county jail inmate when he initiated this action, asserting violations of his 18 civil rights by officers with the “Special Enforcement Unit” of the Bakersfield Police Department. 19 (Doc. 1.) At the time Plaintiff filed his complaint, he also filed a motion to proceed in forma 20 pauperis. (Doc. 2.) However, the magistrate judge found the motion was deficient because it 21 was incomplete and was unsigned. (Doc. 4 at 1.) Therefore, the magistrate judge directed 22 Plaintiff to file a motion that cured the identified deficiencies or to pay the filing fee. (Id. at 2.) 23 After Plaintiff failed to respond, the magistrate judge issued an order…