Highbaugh

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JACQUELINE HIGHBAUGH, Case No.: 24-cv-0219-MMA (KSC) Booking No. 23736394,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

Plaintiff, PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS vs. AND DISMISSING CIVIL

ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE

JESSICA PETRY, STATE OF

CALIFORNIA, JUDGE EUGENIA

[Doc. No. 2] EYHERABIDE, et al., Defendants. 18 19 Jacqueline Highbaugh (“Plaintiff”), a detainee proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Doc. 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). Doc. No. 2. I. IFP Motion 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…