(PS) Tanksley v. Elica Health Center

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MOODY WOODROW TANKSLEY, No. 2:20–cv–1850–KJM–KJN (PS) Plaintiff, ORDER v. (ECF No. 1) ELICA HEALTH CENTER, et al.,

15 Defendants. 16 On September 14, 2020, plaintiff filed his complaint, which was labeled a “prisoner civil rights case.” (ECF No. 1.) However, upon review the clerk of the court noted the case did not concern conditions of confinement, and noted plaintiff was not currently incarcerated. Thus, the case was reclassified as a civil pro se case. (See ECF No. 2.) The court notes that plaintiff has not paid the filing fee for this case. Presently, a filing fee of $400.00 is required to commence a civil action in this court. Alternatively, if plaintiff believes he is unable to pay this fee due to indigency, he may submit an application to proceed in forma pauperis, which the court will review pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (authorizing the commencement of an action “without prepayment of fees or security” by a person that…