Ambert

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 GENE AMBERT, Case No.: 3:22-cv-00996-RBM-BLM

FL DOC #A50783,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION

Plaintiff, TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS vs.

STEVEN C. STAFFORD, Marshal, 14 Southern District of California and U.S.

Marshal Service,

Defendant. [Doc. 2] 17 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Gene Ambert (“Plaintiff”), currently housed at the Blackwater River Correctional Facility, located in Milton, Florida, and proceeding pro se, has filed a Petition for Writ of Mandamus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1361. (Doc. 1). Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) to commence a civil action; instead, he filed a Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). (Doc. 2.) For the reasons discussed below, Plaintiff’s Motion to Proceed IFP is GRANTED, and the Court further finds Plaintiff’s Petition for Writ of Mandamus is sufficient to survive an initial screening. 27 …