Diaz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 EDWARD MAURICE CUMMINGS, Case No.: 3:20-cv-1020 CAB (WVG)

CDCR # AF-0209,

ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL

Plaintiff, ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE vs. FOR FAILING TO PAY

FILING FEE REQUIRED

BY 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) AND/OR RALPH DIAZ, et al.,

FAILING TO MOVE TO PROCEED

Defendants. IN FORMA PAUPERIS PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)

17 Plaintiff Edward Maurice Cummings (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se, and currently incarcerated at Mule Creek State Prison, has filed a civil action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Compl., ECF No. 1. He alleges prison officials took his property, interfered with his ability to file a habeas corpus petition in federal court and retaliated against him for filing grievances. Id. Plaintiff has not prepaid the $400 civil filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a), however, and has not filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis 24 …