Anglea

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALIM S. URMANCHEEV, 1:19-cv-00791-DAD-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND

DENYING MOTION FOR

HUNTER ANGLEA, et al., APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

Defendants. (Docs. 2-3)

17 Pending before the Court are plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and 18 motion for appointment of counsel. At the time that plaintiff commenced this action, he was 19 housed as a detainee in the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego, California. Plaintiff is not, 20 therefore, a “prisoner” within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(a)(2), 1915A, or 42 U.S.C. 21 § 1997e, and he is not subject to the incremental fee payment requirement of § 1915(a)(2). 22 Plaintiff otherwise qualifies to proceed in forma pauperis. Accordingly, plaintiff’s Application to 23 Proceed In Forma Pauperis will be granted. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). 24 As for plaintiff’s motion seeking the appointment of counsel, plaintiff does not have a 25 …