Fuentes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Case No.: 20cv1942-LAB-RBM

JONATHAN FUENTES,

CDCR # BA-1693 ORDER:

13 Plaintiff, (1) DENYING MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) v.

AND DISMISSING CIVIL ACTION

WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR

FAILING TO PREPAY FILING FEES REQUIRED BY 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a), 18 and W. L. MONTGOMERY, et al., 19 Defendants. (2) DENYING MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

21 [ECF Nos. 1-3]

23 Jonathan Fuentes, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action (ECF No. 1), along with a copy of his inmate trust account statement, which the Court construes as a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”), (ECF No. 2). Fuentes has also filed a Motion for Appointment of Counsel (ECF No. 3). I. Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis All parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in a district court of the United States, except an…