(PC) Carter-Maddox v. California Substance Abuse Treatment and Facility
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 KEITH REAGAN CARTER-MADDOX, No. 1:23-cv-01632 KES GSA (PC) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER DIRECTING RETURN OF FILING
FEE TO PLAINTIFF
14 CALIFORNIA SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT AND FACILITY, et al., 15 Defendants. 16
17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, has filed this civil 18 rights action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United States 19 Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. Plaintiff has also 20 paid the filing fee in full. Findings and recommendations regarding the dismissal of this case for 21 failure to exhaust are currently pending. See ECF No. 8. For the reasons stated below the Court 22 will order that Plaintiff’s filing fee be returned to him in its entirety. 23
I. RELEVANT FACTS
24 On November 13, 2023, Plaintiff filed the instant complaint and application to proceed in 25 forma pauperis.1 See ECF No. 1 at 5 (signature date of complaint); ECF No. 2 at 2 (signature 26
27 1 The…