United States District Court for the Eastern District of California, 2025

(PC) Cain v. Roberts

(PC) Cain v. Roberts
United States District Court for the Eastern District of California · Decided June 30, 2025
(PC) Cain v. Roberts

Trial Court Opinion

8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA GREGORY L. CAIN, Case No. 1:25-cv-00784-BAM (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SUBMIT NON-PRISONER APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA 13 v. PAUPERIS OR PAY FILING FEE ROBERTS, et al., THIRTY (30) DAY DEADLINE 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff Gregory L. Cain (“Plaintiff”) is a civil detainee proceeding pro se in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Individuals detained pursuant to California Welfare and Institutions Code § 6600 et seq. are civil detainees and are not prisoners within the meaning of the Prison Litigation Reform Act. Page v. Torrey, 201 F.3d 1136, 1140 (9th Cir. 2000).

21 Plaintiff has not paid the $405.00 filing fee or submitted an application to proceed in forma pauperis on the appropriate form pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915.

23 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows: 24 1. The Clerk of the Court shall send to Plaintiff the attached non-prisoner application to 25 proceed in forma pauperis; 26 2. Within thirty (30) days from the date of service of this order, Plaintiff shall file the 27 attached application to proceed in forma pauperis for a non-prisoner, completed and 28 signed, or in the alternative, pay the $405.00 filing fee for this action; and 1 3. Plaintiff is warned that the failure to comply with this order will result in 2 dismissal of this action, without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

5 Dated: June 30, 2025 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _ UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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