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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

MARTIN J. BIBBS,

Plaintiff,

v.

KERN VALLEY STATE PRISON, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-01323-KES-BAM (PC)

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AS 

MOOT

(ECF No. 9)

ORDER VACATING FINDINGS AND 

RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDING

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO PROCEED IN 

FORMA PAUPERIS BE DENIED

(ECF No. 13)

Plaintiff Martin J. Bibbs (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil 

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On November 18, 2024, Plaintiff filed a motion to 

proceed in forma pauperis, and on November 21, 2024 he submitted a certified copy of his 

inmate trust account statement. (ECF Nos. 9, 11.)

On November 22, 2024, the undersigned issued findings and recommendations 

recommending that Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis be denied and that 

Plaintiff be required to pay the $405.00 filing fee in full to proceed with this action. (ECF No. 

13.) Those findings and recommendations were served on Plaintiff and contained notice that any 

objections thereto were to be filed within fourteen (14) days after service. (Id.)

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Plaintiff filed objections to the findings and recommendations on December 13, 2024. 

(ECF No. 15.) However, Plaintiff then paid the $405.00 filing fee in full on December 23, 2024.1 

As the filing fee has been paid in full, Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis is now 

moot. Plaintiff’s complaint will be screened in due course.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:

1. Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis, (ECF No. 9), is DENIED as moot; and

2. The findings and recommendations to deny Plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma 

pauperis, (ECF No. 13), are VACATED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 26, 2024 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

1 On December 23, 2024, the Clerk of the Court docketed “RECEIPT number 100004205 for 

$405.00 fbo Martin Bibbs H03951 from State of California.”

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