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Parties Involved:
Alex Leonard Azevedo
Plaintiff
Department of State Hospital Coalinga
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALEX LEONARD AZEVEDO,

Plaintiff,

v.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE HOSPITAL 

COALINGA,

Defendant.

No. 1:24-cv-01373-KES-EPG

ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND 

RECOMMENDATIONS TO DENY IN 

FORMA PAUPERIS STATUS AND 

ORDERING PLAINTIFF TO PAY FILING 

FEE

Doc. 13

Plaintiff Alex Leonard Azevedo is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights 

action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was referred to a United States magistrate judge 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302.

On November 4, 2024, plaintiff filed his initial complaint along with a motion to proceed 

in forma pauperis. Docs. 1, 2. On November 26, 2024, the assigned magistrate judge issued 

findings and recommendations that plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis be denied 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) and that plaintiff be required to pay the $405.00 filing fee in full 

to proceed with this action. Doc. 13. Specifically, the findings and recommendations find that 

plaintiff has accumulated more than three “strikes” and that he has failed to demonstrate that he 

meets the imminent danger exception under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Id. at 4. The findings and 

recommendations were served on plaintiff and contained notice that any objections thereto were 

to be filed within thirty days of service. Id. Plaintiff did not file any objections, and the deadline 

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to do so has passed. 

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636 (b)(1), this Court conducted a de novo review of the case. 

Having carefully reviewed the matter, the Court concludes the findings and recommendations are 

supported by the record and proper analysis. Thus, plaintiff may not proceed in forma pauperis 

and is required to pay the filing fee in full before proceeding any further with this action. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The findings and recommendations issued on November 26, 2024, Doc. 13, are 

ADOPTED in full;

2. Plaintiff is PRECLUDED from proceeding in forma pauperis in this action pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 1915(g); and

3. Plaintiff SHALL pay the $405.00 filing fee within thirty (30) days of the date of service of 

this order. If plaintiff fails to pay the filing fee within the specified time, this action will 

be dismissed without further notice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 16, 2025 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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