(PC) Cantu v. Ward ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JOSHUA JESSE CANTU, Case No. 1:20-cv-00386-JDP 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS 13 v. ECF No. 2 14 JOHN DOE 1, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 19 Plaintiff is a former prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought 20 under to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Former prisoners are not “prisoners” within the meaning of the Prison 21 Litigation Reform Act. See Olivas v. Nevada ex rel. Dep’t of Corr., 856 F.3d 1281, 1282 (9th 22 Cir. 2017) (per curiam). Plaintiff has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 23 U.S.C. § 1915. Because plaintiff has made the showing required by § 1915(a)(1), his request to 24 proceed in forma pauperis is granted. As soon as practicable, the court will screen plaintiff’s 25 complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B). 26 27 28 1 > IT IS SO ORDERED. . N prssany — Dated: _ March 23, 2020 4 UNI STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 5 6 | No. 205. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28