Price

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 ROY RUSS, 1:24-cv-01466-CDB (PC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

BRANDON PRICE, et al. (Doc. 5)

Defendants.

14 Plaintiff Roy Russ is a civil detainee proceeding pro se in a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. 1). Plaintiff initiated this action with the filing of a complaint on December 3, 2024. (Id.). That same day, Plaintiff filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). (Doc. 2). On December 4, 2024, the Court ordered Plaintiff within 45 days of service of the order to submit a signed and completed application to proceed in forma pauperis or, in the alternative, pay the $405.00 filing fee for this action. (Doc. 4). Therein, the Court noted that while Plaintiff, a civil detainee, may not be subject to the Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”) requirement that a prisoner-plaintiff exhaust administrative remedies and provide copies of…