Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 9:20-CV-28
05-12-2020
KEVIN JEROME JONES v. K. COOKSEY, ET AL.
**NOT FOR PRINTED PUBLICATION**
ORDER ACCEPTING THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
Plaintiff Kevin Jerome Jones, a prisoner confined at the Eastham Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division (TDCJ-CID), proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff sought leave to proceed in forma pauperis.
The Court referred this matter to the Honorable Zack Hawthorn, United States Magistrate Judge, at Beaumont, Texas, for consideration pursuant to applicable laws and orders of this Court. The Magistrate Judge has submitted a Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge. The Magistrate Judge recommends denying plaintiff leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) and dismissing the action unless plaintiff paid the $400 filing fee within fourteen days after the Report and Recommendation was entered.
The Court has received and considered the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge filed pursuant to such order, along with the record and the pleadings. No objections to the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge were filed by the parties. Plaintiff has not paid the filing fee.
ORDER
Accordingly, the findings of fact and conclusions of law of the Magistrate Judge are correct, and the report of the Magistrate Judge (document no. 6) is ACCEPTED. A final judgment will be entered in this case in accordance with the Magistrate Judge's recommendation.
So ORDERED and SIGNED May 12, 2020.
/s/_________
Ron Clark, Senior District Judge