Singh
(PC) Kendrid v. Singh
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FORREST KENDRID, No. 2:19-CV-1944-JAM-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. ORDER KARANDEEP SINGH, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, a civil detainee proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court is plaintiff’s motion (ECF No. 21) for refund of partial filing fees paid pursuant to the Court’s January 8, 2020, order which has been vacated. On January 8, 2019, the Court granted plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. That order directed prison officials, pursuant to the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA), to forward monthly payments to the Court until the filing fee was paid in full. On July 21, 2020, the Court vacated the January 8, 2019, order as having been issued in error because pretrial detainees are not subject to the fee payment provisions of the PLRA. See Page v. Torrey, 201 F.3d 1136, 1138-40 (9th Cir. 2000). Given the foregoing, the Court…