Bonta
(PC) Burruel v. Bonta
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MANUEL BURRUEL, III, Case No. 1:22-cv-00116-EPG (PC)
Plaintiff,
ORDER FOR PLAINTIFF TO SUBMIT
v. APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA
PAUPERIS BY A NON-PRISONER OR PAY
ROB BONTA, FILING FEE WITHIN 45 DAYS
Defendant.
16 17 Plaintiff is a civil detainee proceeding pro se in this case. Plaintiff submitted a one paragraph document titled application to proceed in district court without prepayment of fees or costs. (ECF No. 2). In his application Plaintiff states that he is not a prisoner and thus is not subject to financial reporting requirements. While Plaintiff may not be a prisoner, if he wants to proceed in forma pauperis in this action, he must make a showing that he is unable to pay the filing fee. See, e.g., Corral v. California Highway Patrol, 2021 WL 2268877, at *1 (E.D. Cal. June 3, 2021) (“The court may authorize the commencement of an action ‘without prepayment of fees...by a person who submits an…