Opinion
Case No. 1:18-cv-00277-DAD-MJS (PC)
04-04-2018
LAMONT SHEPARD, Plaintiff, v. M. FORUM, et al., Defendants.
ORDER WITHDRAWING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
(ECF No. 8)
ORDER DENYING MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AS
(ECF No. 7)
Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed on February 26, 2018. (ECF No. 1.)
Plaintiff did not prepay the filing fee as required by Local Rule 121(c) when he filed his complaint. Instead, he filed a motion for advice on how to pay the fee. (Id.) In response, on March 2, 2018, the Court referred Plaintiff to the Local Rules and gave him thirty days to pay the filing fee or a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. . (ECF No. 5.)
On March 14, 2018, Plaintiff filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 7.) On March 21, 2018, the undersigned issued findings and recommendations to deny the motion to proceed in forma pauperis based upon Plaintiff's status as a "three striker" under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). (ECF No. 8.) Plaintiff was given fourteen days to file objections.
On March 28, 2018, Plaintiff paid the $400.00 filing fee.
The opportunity to proceed in forma pauperis is limited to parties who are unable to pay a filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Plaintiff's payment of the fee reflects that he was able to do so. Accordingly, his motion to proceed in forma pauperis should be denied as moot. Further, that motion having been mooted, the undersigned will withdraw the findings and recommendations (ECF No. 8) to deny it.
For the foregoing reasons, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
(1) The findings and recommendations (ECF No. 8) on Plaintiff's motion to proceed in forma pauperis is withdrawn; and
(2) Plaintiff's motion to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 7) is denied as moot. IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: April 4, 2018
/s/ Michael J . Seng
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE