Nocha
(PC) Williams v. Nocha
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 LANCE WILLIAMS, Case No. 1:24-cv-01506-CDB (PC)
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
v. (Docs. 2, 12) A. NOCHA, et al.,
Defendants. 13 Plaintiff Lance Williams is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee in this action and, instead, applied to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (Doc. 2). Given that Plaintiff’s address as reflected in his complaint is a private residential address, it does not appear Plaintiff was a “prisoner” at the time he commenced this action. (Doc. 1 at 1). Further, Plaintiff does not indicate he is incarcerated in his motion to proceed in forma pauperis. (Doc. 2 at 1). Therefore, neither the filing fee provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b), nor § 1915(c)’s “three strikes” bar apply to this case. See Andrews v. King, 398 F.3d 1113, 1122 (9th Cir. 2005). And while Plaintiff may not be subject to the …