Lewis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRIAN LEWIS, Case No.: 3:19-cv-1254-WQH-AHG

CDCR #J-49028,

ORDER:

Plaintiff, 13 vs. (1) GRANTING MOTIONS TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

[ECF Nos. 2, 4]; AND (2)

ALAN KHAN, DISMISSING COMPLAINT

16 Defendant. PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C.9 § 1915(e)(2) AND § 1915A(b)(1) 18 19 Plaintiff Brian Lewis, an inmate currently incarcerated at Corcoran State Prison, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Compl., ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff has also filed two Motions to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (IFP) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). (ECF Nos. 2, 4.) I. Motions to Proceed IFP All parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in a district court of the United States, except an application for writ of habeas corpus, must pay a filing fee of 27 28 $400. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). The action may proceed despite a plaintiff’s failure to prepay…