(PC) Davis v. Castillo

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 ERIC ROBERT CHARLES DAVIS, Case No.: 1:25-cv-00407-SKO 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AS 13 v. MOOT

14 CORRECTIONAL OFFICER CASTILLO, (Doc. 5)

15 Defendant.

16 17 Plaintiff Eric Robert Charles Davis is appearing pro se in this civil rights action pursuant 18 to 42 U.S.C section 1983. 19 I. INTRODUCTION 20 Plaintiff filed his complaint in this Court on April 9, 2025. (Doc. 1.) On April 14, 2025, 21 the Court issued its Order to Submit Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (IFP) or Pay 22 Filing Fee Within 45 Days. (Doc. 1.) Plaintiff submitted his IFP application on May 9, 2025. 23 (Doc. 5.) 24 On May 16, 2025, the Court issued its Order Directing Plaintiff to Provide Additional 25 Information Concerning his Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis by Prisoner and Inmate 26 Statement Report. (Doc. 8.) Plaintiff was directed to provide, within 21 days, a complete response 27 and explanation to Question 3(e) on his IFP application and to explain the JPAY and SALES 1 transactions appearing on his Inmate Statement Report; alternatively, Plaintiff could remit the full 2 filing fee. (Id. at 3-4.) On June 9, 2025, Plaintiff paid the $405 filing fee for this action.1 4 Because Plaintiff elected to pay the full filing fee for this action, his pending IFP 5 application has been rendered moot. See, e.g., Singh v. Pheiffer, No. 1:22-cv-01412-ADA-EPG 6 (PC), 2022 WL 17812808, at *1 (E.D. Cal. Dec. 19, 2022) (denying IFP application as moot 7 following plaintiff’s payment of filing fee); Felix v. Clendenin, No. 1:19-cv-01784-AWI-BAM 8 (PC), 2021 WL 4711148, at *1 (E.D. Cal. Sept. 30, 2021) (denying renewed IFP application as 9 moot because plaintiff paid the filing fee). 11 Accordingly, the Court HEREBY ORDERS Plaintiff’s IFP application filed May 9, 2025 12 (Doc. 5) is DENIED as moot. Plaintiff is advised his complaint will be screened in due course. 13 See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). 14 IT IS SO ORDERED. 15

16 Dated: June 11, 2025 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto . UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 17

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1 Receipt number 100005388.