(PC) Baggett v. Poverello House

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 ANTHONY ALBERT BAGGETT, Case No. 1:24-cv-00931-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AS A

v. NON-PRISONER POVERELLO HOUSE, et al., (ECF No. 2) Defendants. 11 Plaintiff Anthony Albert Baggett (“Plaintiff”) is a civil detainee and former county jail inmate appearing pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Individuals detained pursuant to California Welfare and Institutions Code § 6600 et seq. are civil detainees and are not prisoners within the meaning of the Prison Litigation Reform Act. Page v. Torrey, 201 F.3d 1136, 1140 (9th Cir. 2000). This action was initiated in the Sacramento Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California on August 5, 2024. (ECF No. 1.) The action was transferred to the Fresno Division on August 12, 2024. (ECF No. 4.) Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, filed…