Watts

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TORY WATTS, Case No.: 3:20-cv-00110-JLS-BLM

CDCR #V-53248,

ORDER: (1) GRANTING MOTION

Plaintiff, TO PROCEED IN FORMA vs. PAUPERIS; AND (2) DISMISSING

CIVIL ACTION FOR FAILING TO

A. DEMSA, V. CORTES, C. FROST, J.

STATE A CLAIM PURSUANT TO

JUAREZ, J. STEWART,

28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) AND Defendants. § 1915A(b) 17 Plaintiff Tory Watts, incarcerated at R.J. Donavan State Prison (“RJDSP”) in San Diego, California, is proceeding pro se in this case with a civil rights Complaint (“Compl.”) filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Compl., ECF No. 1. Plaintiff has not prepaid the $400 civil filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); instead, he has filed a trust account statement which the Court construes as a Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) (ECF No. 2). I. Motion to Proceed IFP All parties instituting any…