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I. INTRODUCTION

10 Plaintiff, a civil detainee who is currently in custody at Salinas Valley State Prison 11 (“SVSP”), filed a pro se civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Thereafter, Plaintiff 12 filed an amended complaint, which is the operative complaint in this action. Dkt. 9. Plaintiff has 13 also filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, which will be granted in a separate 14 written Order. Dkt. 6. Lastly, Plaintiff has filed a document entitled, “Mo[tion] to Adhere and to 15 Investigate Plaintiff[’]s History and Case File With the U.S. District Court [for the] Eastern 16 District,” in which Plaintiff requests the Court to contact the SVSP “Prison Trust Office to stop all 17 illegal fi[]nancial transaction[s] dealing with [the instant action].” Dkt. 8. The Court construes 18 his motion as a request for a fee waiver. See id. 19 Venue is proper because the events giving rise to the claim is alleged to have occurred as 20 SVSP, which is located in this judicial district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Plaintiff seeks punitive 21 damages. Dkt. 9 at 2.1

II. DISCUSSION

23 A. Standard of Review 24 A federal court must conduct a…