Lim
Lim v. Child Protective Services of Tulare County
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
8 CHONG SOOK LIM, Case No. 1:20-cv-01049-NONE-SKO Plaintiff,
v. ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR
KOREAN INTERPRETER
JENNIFER MENNE and MELANIE HUERTA, (Doc. 20) 12 Defendants. /
14 Plaintiff Chong Sook Lim is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 15 action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”). On May 25, 2021, Plaintiff filed a 16 request for the Court to provide a Korean language interpreter for the scheduling conference on June 17 17, 2021, and for “all other conferences and trials for this case in the future.” (Doc. 20.) 18 In criminal proceedings or in civil cases initiated by the United States, the Court must 19 provide an interpreter for a non-English-speaking party. 28 U.S.C. § 1827(j). However, the present 20 action is not a criminal prosecution, nor is it a civil lawsuit initiated by the United States of America. 21 Rather, it is a civil action initiated by Plaintiff herself. Therefore, there is no statutory obligation to 22…