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Parties Involved:
Kowalczyk
Defendant
Zachary Morgan
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ZACHARY MORGAN,

Plaintiff,

v.

KOWALCZYK,

Defendant.

Case No. 2:23-cv-02900-JDP (PC)

ORDER

DIRECTING PLAINTIFF EITHER TO FILE A 

MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS OR PAY THE REQUIRED 

FILING FEE

RESPONSE DUE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS

Plaintiff, a pretrial detainee 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.1See 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, 

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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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or the required fees in the amount of $405.00; plaintiff’s failure to comply with this order will 

result in a recommendation that this action be dismissed; and

2. The Clerk of Court is directed to send plaintiff a new Application to Proceed In Forma 

Pauperis By a Prisoner.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 28, 2023 

JEREMY D. PETERSON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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