Valdez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICARDO VALDEZ, Case No.: 21-cv-1500-MMA (RBM)

CDCR #E-98488,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

Plaintiff, PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS; vs. 14 [Doc. No. 2]

DR. MARQUEZ, AND SCREENING COMPLAINT

16 Defendant. PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) AND 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) 18 Ricardo Valdez (“Plaintiff”), currently incarcerated at the Richard J. Donovan State Prison (“RJD”) located in San Diego, California, and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Doc. No. 1. Plaintiff has not prepaid the civil filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); instead, he has filed a Motion to Proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). See Doc. No. 2. I. REQUEST TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS All parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in a district court of the United States, except an application for writ of…