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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES E. SMITH,

Plaintiff,

v.

RUDY MIRELEZ, DEVAN M. PORTILLO,

EUGENE ACTION, and KAMALA D. 

HARRIS, State Attorney General,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:15-cv-01343-SMS

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION 

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Doc. 2) 

By motion filed on September 2, 2015, Plaintiff James Smith seeks to proceed in forma 

pauperis. Plaintiff has submitted a declaration that makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 

1915(a). 

Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis. 

But the Clerk of Court SHALL NOT issue new case documents and the summons until the Court 

has screened the complaint.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 8, 2015 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Case 1:15-cv-01343-AWI-MJS Document 3 Filed 09/08/15 Page 1 of 1