(PC) Jolivette v. People of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PAUL PATRICK JOLIVETTE No. 2:21-cv-0382-KJM -EFB P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s initial 31-page filing, entitled “Complaint for Registration of a Foreign Money Judgment [42 U.S.C. § 1983],” was liberally construed as a prisoner civil rights complaint and this civil action was opened. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff, who is barred from proceeding in forma pauperis according to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), paid the $402 filing fee. See ECF No. 11. He now requests a partial refund of the filing fee on the ground that his case should have been opened as a “miscellaneous” action to register a foreign judgment. ECF Nos. 14, 16. The court must also screen his original complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Plaintiff’s Requests for Partial Refund …