Scott

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BILLIE D. SCOTT, Case No.: 21-cv-1319-MMA (KSC)

CDCR #AY-8804

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS Plaintiff,

14 vs. [Doc. No. 5]

AND DISMISSING THE

16 FRANK KEVIN YOO, et al., COMPLAINT FOR FAILURE TO Defendants. STATE A CLAIM PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) AND 18 § 1915A(b) 19 On July 21, 2021, Billie D. Scott (“Plaintiff”), a state inmate currently incarcerated at California Health Care Facility (“CHCF”), located in Stockton, California and proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Doc. No. 1 (“Compl.”). Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) to commence a civil action when he filed his Complaint; instead, he filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a), along with a motion for extension of time to submit his prison trust account statement. See Doc. Nos. 2,…