(PC) Maddox v. Covello

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
MICHAEL MADDOX,
Plaintiff,
v.
PATRICK COVELLO,
Defendant.
No. 2:25-cv-3513 CKD P
ORDER
Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to
42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has not, however, filed an in forma pauperis affidavit or paid the
required filing fee of $350.00 plus the $55.00 administrative fee.1 See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a),
1915(a). Plaintiff will be provided the opportunity either to submit the appropriate affidavit in
support of a request to proceed in forma pauperis or to submit the required fees totaling $405.00.
In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. Plaintiff shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, an affidavit in
support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided by the Clerk of Court, or
the required fees in the amount of $405.00; plaintiff’s failure to comply with this order will result
1 If leave to file in forma pauperis is granted, plaintiff will still be required to pay the filing fee
but will be allowed to pay it in installments. Litigants proceeding in forma pauperis are not
required to pay the $55.00 administrative fee.
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in a recommendation that this action be dismissed; and
2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff a new Application to Proceed In
Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner.
Dated: December 9, 2025
1/hh
madd3513.3a(CDCR)
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CAROLYN K. DELANEY
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Case 2:25-cv-03513-DAD-CKD Document 3 Filed 12/09/25 Page 2 of 2