(PC) Walker v. Beshara ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JEFFREY E. WALKER, Case No. 1:20-cv-01050-JDP 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION 13 v. TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS 14 MINA BESHARA, et al., ECF No. 2 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 Plaintiff Jeffrey E. Walker is a civil detainee proceeding without counsel in this civil 19 rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Individuals detained pursuant to California’s Welfare 20 and Institutions Code are civil detainees and not prisoners within the meaning of the Prison 21 Litigation Reform Act. See Page v. Torrey, 201 F.3d 1136, 1140 (9th Cir. 2000). 22 Plaintiff has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. Examination of this 23 application reveals that plaintiff is unable to afford the costs of this action. Accordingly, the 24 motion to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. 25 26 27 28 wOAoOe 4:6 VV LU MMU PIR Oe AY Ov > IT IS SO ORDERED. ° g : \N prssany — Dated: _ August 3, 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