Valdez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 RICARDO VALDEZ, Case No.: 3:20-cv-0737-WQH-RBM

CDCR #E-98488,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

Plaintiff, PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS vs. PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)

AND DISMISSING CIVIL ACTION

DOE #1, Officer; WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

FAILURE TO PREPAY FILING

CORRECTIONS AND

FEES REQUIRED BY

REHABILITATION,

28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) Defendants. 17 [ECF No. 2] 18 Plaintiff Ricardo Valdez, while incarcerated at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) in San Diego, California, and proceeding pro se,1 filed a Complaint

22 The Court notes that another RJD prisoner, Raul Arellano, has submitted Valdez’s Complaint and seeks the appointment of counsel on Ricardo Valdez’s behalf. (See Compl. at 5.) While Valdez may appear on his own behalf, Arellano may not represent him in this case. See Johns v. Cty. of San Diego, 114 F.3d 874, 24 877 (9th Cir.…