Lotesztain
(PC) Givens v. Lotesztain
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FRANCOIS P. GIVENS, No. 2:21-cv-0591 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER MARIANNA LOTESZTAIN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a former state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, which he filed while still incarcerated at California State Prison, Solano. Plaintiff reports that he has since been released on parole. ECF No. 8. A search of the CDCR website for plaintiff via his inmate identification number indicates that he is no longer in its system. See https://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov/search.aspx (search CDCR Number field for “AX1773” (last visited February 23, 2023)). The court takes judicial notice of this fact. A prisoner’s application to proceed in forma pauperis does not become moot upon subsequent release. Moore v. Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, 657 F.3d 890, 892 n.2 (9th Cir.…