Sandoval

l 2 3 A 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 |} LUIS SANDOVAL, Case No.: 3:21-cv-02065-RBM-KSC Platt, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFFS V. MOTION FOR LEAVE TO || CALIFORNIA MEDICAL FACILITY, et PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS al., Defendants.| [Doce. 2] 17 18 On December 10, 2021, Plaintiff Luis Sandoval (‘Plaintiff’) filed a complaint 20 || against California Medical Facility and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ||(“Defendants”). (Doc. 1.) Plaintiff did not pay the required filing fee and instead filed a |)motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP Motion”). (Doc. 2.) For the reasons outlined 23 || below, the Court DENIES Plaintiff's IFP Motion. All parties instituting a civil action in a district court of the United States, except an ||application for a writ of habeas corpus, must pay a filing fee of $402. See U.S.C. ||§ 1914(a). But a litigant who, because of…