(PC)Fletcher v. Clendenin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ALLAN FLETCHER, Case No. 1:21-cv-01534-JLT (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA v. PAUPERIS STEPHANIE CLENDENIN, et al., (Doc. 2) Defendants.

Plaintiff has filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (Doc. 2.) Plaintiff adequately shows that he is unable to afford the costs of this action.1 Accordingly, his motion is GRANTED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 21, 2021 _ /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

Plaintiff is civilly detained at Coalinga State Hospital. Persons civilly detained pursuant to California Welfare and Institutions Code § 6600, et seq., are not prisoners within the meaning of the Prison Litigation Reform Act, and thus the Act’s provisions regarding in forma pauperis status of prisoner-plaintiffs do not apply to them. Page v. Torrey, 201 F.3d 1136, 1140 (9th Cir. 2000).