Price
(PC) Griffin v. Price
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 DEXTER LAWRENCE GRIFFIN, Case No. 1:21-cv-01518-AWI-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING
v. DISMISSAL OF ACTION, WITHOUT
PREJUDICE, FOR FAILURE TO OBEY
BRANDON PRICE, COURT ORDERS AND FAILURE TO
PROSECUTE
Defendant. (ECF No. 13) 11 Plaintiff Dexter Lawrence Griffin (“Plaintiff”) is a civil detainee proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Individuals detained pursuant to the 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). The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. On October 18, 2021, the assigned magistrate judge issued an order directing Plaintiff to submit a completed application to proceed in forma pauperis on the…