Pickett

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAYMOND ALFORD BRADFORD, Case No.: 3:20-cv-0449-AJB-MSB

CDCR #H-16258

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS Plaintiff,

AND DISMISSING COMPLAINT

14 vs. WITHOUT PREJUDICE

E. PICKETT, et al.,

Defendants. 17 18 Raymond Alford Bradford, (“Plaintiff”), a prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a “Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis.” (ECF No. 9.) I. Procedural History On March 9, 2020, Plaintiff filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging Defendants used excessive force against him, in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. (See Compl., ECF No. 1.) On March 23, 2020, the Court dismissed the action without prejudice because Plaintiff failed to pay the civil filing and administrative fee and/or failed to submit a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). (See Order, ECF No. 2.) The Court gave Plaintiff 30 days to either pay the $400 filing / / / fee or file a…