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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ELBERT LEE VAUGHT, IV, Case No.: 3:20-cv-01728-DMS-MSB

CDCR #H-56089,

ORDER:

Plaintiff, 13 v. 1) GRANTING MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

B.D. PHILLIPS, Associate Warden; S. 15 LIVELO, Assigned Case Records 2) DENYING MOTION TO Analyst; RALPH DIAZ, Secretary of

APPOINT COUNSEL;

CDCR; M. POLLARD, Warden, 17 Defendants. 3) DISMISSING CIVIL ACTION

SUA SPONTE FOR FAILING TO

STATE A CLAIM; and

20 4) DENYING MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

22 [ECF Nos. 2, 4, 5] 23 Elbert Lee Vaught IV (“Plaintiff”), a state inmate currently incarcerated at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) located in San Diego, California and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Compl., ECF No. 1. / / / Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) to commence a civil action when he filed his Complaint;…