(PC) Mackey v. People of the State of California ( 2021 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DAVID ERNESTO MACKEY, Case No. 1:21-cv-00793-JLT (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS 13 v. (Doc. 2) 14 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 18 (Doc. 2.) Plaintiff adequately shows that he is unable to afford the costs of this action.1 19 Accordingly, his motion to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED. 20 21 IT IS SO ORDERED. 22 Dated: May 19, 2021 _ /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 23 24 25 26 1 Plaintiff is civilly detained at Coalinga State Hospital. Persons civilly detained pursuant to California 27 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. 28 Page v. Torrey, 201 F.3d 1136, 1140 (9th Cir. 2000).