(PC) Kauth v. Tule River Tribal Police Department

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JOSEPH VINCENT KAUTH, Case No.: 1:23-cv-01731-KES-SKO (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

REQUESTS FOR FUNDING

13 v. (Doc. 12) 14 TULE RIVER TRIBAL POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al., 15 Defendants.

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17 18 Plaintiff Joseph Vincent Kauth is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 19 rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 20 I. INTRODUCTION 21 Plaintiff’s first amended complaint was filed April 25, 2024, and is pending screening 22 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). 23 On May 2, 2024, Plaintiff filed documents titled “Request for Funding for Phone Cards 24 and Declaration of Indigent” and “Request for Funding and Declaration of Indigent.” (Doc. 12.) 25 The first document requests “funding to purchase $40.00 per week phone cards … to seek and 26 hire investigators, to seek and hire experts and maintain contact with defense witnesses” and “to 27 establish a runner to adequately prepare a defense.” (Id. at 1.) Plaintiff indicates he is incarcerated at the Tulare…