(PC) Hill v. Lynch

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CYMEYON HILL, No. 2:19-cv-1331 KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER JEFF LYNCH, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a civil detainee, is housed at California State Prison, Sacramento (“CSP-SAC”), and is proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff did not file an in forma pauperis affidavit or pay the required filing fee, and on July 19, 2019, he was granted thirty days in which to do so. (ECF No. 3.) However, on July 26, 2019, plaintiff filed a document styled, “First Amended Complaint,” bearing the instant case number, in which he claims he has already been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis in Hill v. Baughman where he filed his original complaint, and seeks to add defendants to that case. (ECF No. 5 at 1.) Indeed, the original complaint filed in this action is marked “amended complaint.” (ECF No. 1.) However, plaintiff did not include a case number on his filing. After…