Massengale
Massengale v. Green Jr.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEVIN MASSENGALE, Case No. 1:24-cv-00065-NODJ-CDB Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
v. (Doc. 3) KENNETH R. GREEN, JR., et al.
Defendants.
16 17 Plaintiff Kevin Massengale (“Plaintiff”) is a former detainee proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. 1). Plaintiff initiated this action with the filing of a complaint in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on December 19, 2023. Id. That same day, Plaintiff filed the instant request to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) with declaration in support thereof. (Doc. 3). On January 11, 2024, the action was transferred to this Court because venue is proper in the Eastern District of California given Plaintiff’s allegations involving acts that occurred in the County of Kern. (Docs. 1, 5-6). All parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in a district court of the…