(PC) Ruiz v. Leon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ROGELIO MAY RUIZ, No. 2:19-cv-2201 JAM CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER D. LEON, et al., Defendants.

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 18 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff has been granted leave to proceed with this action in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915.

On January 22, 2021, plaintiff filed a request that the court appoint plaintiff a Spanish interpreter. The expenditure of public funds on behalf of an indigent litigant is proper only when authorized by Congress. Tedder v. Odel, 890 F.2d 210 (9th Cir. 1989). The in forma pauperis statute does not authorize the expenditure of public funds for interpreters, see 28 U.S.C. § 1915, and the court is not aware of any other authority that does. ///// ///// ///// ///// Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that plaintiffs request that the court appoint hima Spanish interpreter (ECF No. 16) is denied.

Dated: February 9, 2021 Pe ed if / /, CAN fu fl. ay CAROLYN K. DELANEY UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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