Redman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BLACKIE FLORINCEO ALVAREZ SR., Case No. 2:21-cv-01932-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR AN EXTENSION OF TIME

v. AND DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR AN APPOINTMENT OF AN

GRAY REDMAN, et al., INVESTIGATOR Defendants. ECF Nos. 6 & 8 16 Plaintiff has filed a motion for a ninety-day extension of time to file an amended complaint. ECF No. 6. Good cause appearing, this motion is granted in part. Plaintiff also filed a motion for the appointment of an investigator. ECF No. 8. Section 1915 does not authorize or require federal courts to finance or subsidize a civil action or appeal by paying expert fees or other costs. See Hadsell v. Comm’r of IRS, 107 F.3d 750, 752 (9th Cir. 1997); Dixon v. Ylst, 990 F.2d 478, 480 (9th Cir. 1993). The expenditure of public funds on behalf of an indigent litigant is proper only when authorized by Congress. See United States v. MacCollom, 426…