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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MYCHAL REED, Case No.: 24-cv-0179-MMA (AHG)

CDCR #AE-9821

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

Plaintiff, PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS vs. AND DISMISSING CIVIL

ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE

A. BUCKEL, S. STEADMAN, T.

15 MARTINEZ, B. COLON, B. CATES, et al., [Doc. No. 2] Defendants. 17 18 Mychal Reed (“Plaintiff”), an inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ECF No. 1. In lieu of paying the filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a), Plaintiff filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). ECF No. 2. I. MOTION TO PROCEED IFP 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 $405. See 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a). The action may proceed despite a plaintiff’s failure to prepay the entire…