Myers

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RAYMOND DEAN MYERS, Case No.: 22-cv-0673-RBM-BLM

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

vs. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

AND DISMISSING COMPLAINT

DAVID CLAYTON, et al.,

FOR FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM

Defendants. PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2) & 1915A(b) 16 17 Plaintiff Raymond Dean Myers, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Doc. 1), accompanied by a Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) (the “IFP Motion”). (Doc. 2.) I. MOTION FOR LEAVE 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 habeas corpus, must pay a filing fee of $402. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). The action may proceed despite a failure to prepay the

26 In addition to a $350 fee, civil litigants, other than those granted leave to…