Gutierrez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JUAN GUTIERREZ, Case No.: 20-cv-01836-BAS-WVG CDCR #F-02975, (1) GRANTING MOTION TO Plaintiff, PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS (ECF No. 4); v.

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R.C. JOHNSON; R. RIPPA;

D. TAMAYO; A. CHAVEZ; JOHN (2) DISMISSING COMPLAINT FOR

DOES; JANE DOES, FAILING TO STATE A CLAIM Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Juan Gutierrez, incarcerated at California State Prison – Los Angeles County (“CSP-LAC”) located in Lancaster, California and proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights Complaint (“Compl.”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff has not prepaid the $400 civil filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); instead, he seeks to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). (ECF Nos. 2, 4.). The Court denied Plaintiff’s initial motion to proceed IFP for failing to attach his most current certified trust account statement. (ECF Nos. 2, 3.) Pursuant to the Court’s…