Ward

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JASON WARD, Case No.: 21cv0364 DMS (AHG)

Plaintiff,

ORDER (1) GRANTING

v. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

AND (2) DISMISSING COMPLAINT

Defendant. WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR

FAILING TO STATE A CLAIM

UPON WHICH RELIEF CAN BE

GRANTED PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii)

19 Plaintiff, a non-prisoner proceeding pro se, has submitted a Complaint along with a request to proceed In Forma Pauperis and a request for appointment of counsel. Motion to Proceed IFP All parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in a district court of the United States, except an application for writ of habeas corpus, must pay a filing fee of $402. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); Civil Local Rule 4.5. An action may proceed despite a plaintiff’s failure to prepay the entire fee only if the plaintiff is granted leave to…