Price
(PC) Griffin v. Price
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DEXTER LAWRENCE GRIFFIN, Case No. 1:21-cv-01518-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER TO SUBMIT A NON-PRISONER
APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA
v. PAUPERIS OR PAY THE $402.00 FILING
FEE
PRICE,
THIRTY (30) DAY DEADLINE
Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Dexter Lawrence Griffin (“Plaintiff”) is a civil detainee appearing pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Individuals detained pursuant to California Welfare and Institutions Code § 6600 et seq. are civil detainees and are not prisoners within the meaning of the Prison Litigation Reform Act. Page v. Torrey, 201 F.3d 1136, 1140 (9th Cir. 2000). Plaintiff has neither paid the $402.00 filing fee nor submitted an application to proceed in forma pauperis on the appropriate form pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. While Plaintiff did submit a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis with his complaint, the application is the one used by a prisoner. (ECF No. 2.) …