(PC)Fletcher
(PC)Fletcher v. Clendenin
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALLAN FLETCHER, Case No. 1:21-cv-01534-JLT (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA
v. PAUPERIS
STEPHANIE CLENDENIN, et al., (Doc. 2)
Defendants. 16 Plaintiff has filed a motion 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 is GRANTED.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: October 21, 2021 _ /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston
CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
25 26 1 Plaintiff is civilly detained at Coalinga State Hospital. Persons civilly detained pursuant to California Welfare and 27 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,…