(PC) Sims v. Coalinga State Hospital

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

6 7 8 ROBERT SIMS, 1:24-cv-00433-EPG (PC) 9 Plaintiff, 10 v. ORDER TO SUBMIT A

NON-PRISONER APPLICATION

11 | COALINGA STATE HOSPITAL, et al., TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

OR PAY THE $405.00 FILING FEE

12 Defendants. WITHIN THIRTY DAYS 13 Plaintiff is a civil detainee proceeding pro se in a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 14 § 1983. Plaintiff has not paid the $405.00 filing fee or submitted an application to proceed in 15 forma pauperis on the appropriate form pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Individuals detained 16 pursuant to California Welfare and Institutions Code § 6600 et seq. are civil detainees and are not 17 prisoners within the meaning of the Prison Litigation Reform Act. Page v. Torrey, 201 F.3d 1136, 18 1140 (9th Cir. 2000). Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that: 19 1. The Clerk’s Office shall send to Plaintiff the attached form for application to 20 . . proceed in forma pauperis for a non-prisoner; 71 2. Within thirty…