Hicks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL HICKS, Case No.: 3:20-cv-00217 CAB (BLM)

CDCR #B-80852,

ORDER:

Plaintiff, 13 vs. 1) DENYING MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

AS BARRED BY 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) RALPH DIAZ, et al., [ECF No. 2] Defendants. AND

18 2) DISMISSING CIVIL ACTION FOR FAILURE TO PAY FILING

FEE REQUIRED BY 28 U.S.C.

20 § 1914(a) 21 22 Plaintiff Michael Hicks, proceeding pro se and currently incarcerated at Richard J. Donovan State Prison, has filed a civil action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (See Compl., ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff has not paid the filing fee required to commence a civil action; instead, he has filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 1915(a). (See ECF No. 2.) / / / I. Motion to Proceed IFP A. Standard of Review “All persons, not just prisoners, may seek IFP status.”…