Pulu

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MOSES PULU, Case No.: 23cv1582-JO (BGS)

CDCR #H-86891,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

Plaintiff, PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS vs. PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)

AND DISMISSING CIVIL ACTION

WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR

A. COSTA, et al.,

FAILING TO PREPAY FILING

Defendants. FEES REQUIRED BY 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) 18 Plaintiff Moses Pulu is a state prisoner incarcerated at the R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego, California. Proceeding pro se he filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (ECF No. 1) and a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). (ECF No. 2). For the reasons set forth below, the Court denies Plaintiff’s motion to proceed IFP. I. Motion to Proceed IFP A party may institute a civil action without prepaying the required filing fee if the Court grants leave to proceed IFP based on indigency. …