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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MANUEL ANTONIO GONZALEZ III,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. RAZO, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:15-cv-01098-LJO-SKO (PC)

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 

RECONSIDERATION OF ORDER 

DENYING IN FORMA PAUPERIS MOTION 

AS MOOT AND GRANTING MOTION FOR 

SERVICE BY UNITED STATES MARSHAL

(Doc. 20)

Plaintiff Manuel Antonio Gonzalez III (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se, 

filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on July 16, 2015. On September 2, 

2015, Plaintiff filed a motion seeking reconsideration of the order denying his motion for leave to 

proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff asserts that he had to borrow money for the filing fee from his 

elderly parents and he cannot afford to pay a process server.

Plaintiff paid the filing free and his subsequent motion to proceed in forma pauperis was 

therefore denied as moot. (Docs. 13, 14, 15.) Neither a change of circumstances nor a change of 

heart is grounds for a filing free refund, and Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration is denied. Fed. 

R. Civ. P. 60; Local Rule 230(j). However, good cause exists to grant Plaintiff’s request for 

service of process by the United States Marshal. Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(c)(3). Once Plaintiff’s 

complaint is screened, and assuming it is found to state cognizable claims for relief, 28 U.S.C. § 

1915A, the Marshal will be appointed to initiate service of process on Plaintiff’s behalf without 

prepayment of costs, Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(c)(3).

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Accordingly, Plaintiff’s motion for reconsideration is DENIED but his request for service 

of process by the United States Marshal is GRANTED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 13, 2015 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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