(PC) Mackey v. People of the State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAVID ERNESTO MACKEY, Case No. 1:21-cv-00793-JLT (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
v. (Doc. 2) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (Doc. 2.) Plaintiff adequately shows that he is unable to afford the costs of this action.1 Accordingly, his motion to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED. 20 IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: May 19, 2021 _ /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston
CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
24 25 26 1 Plaintiff is civilly detained at Coalinga State Hospital. Persons civilly detained pursuant to California 27 Welfare and Institutions Code § 6600, et seq., are not prisoners within the meaning of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, and thus the Act’s provisions regarding in forma pauperis status of prisoner-plaintiffs do not apply to them. Page v. Torrey, 201 F.3d 1136, 1140 (9th Cir.…