(PC) Ward v. Batra ( 2021 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RONALD WILLIAM WARD, Case No. 1:21-cv-00929-SKO (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTIONS TO 13 v. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND DENYING MOTION AS MOOT 14 DR. SANJEEV BATRA, (Docs. 2, 6-7) 15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff is civilly detained at the Department of State Hospitals-Coalinga. He has filed 18 motions to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (Docs. 6-7.) Plaintiff has 19 made the showing required by statute. Accordingly, the motions (Docs. 6-7) are GRANTED. 20 Previously, Plaintiff filed a prisoner-application to proceed in forma pauperis. (Doc. 2.) 21 However, as stated above, Plaintiff is a civil detainee. Individuals civilly detained pursuant to 22 California Welfare and Institutions Code §§ 6600, et seq., are not prisoners within the meaning of 23 the Prison Litigation Reform Act. Page v. Torrey, 201 F.3d 1136, 1140 (9th Cir. 2000). In any 24 event, because the Court has granted Plaintiff’s subsequent motions to proceed IFP, Plaintiff’s 25 previous application (Doc. 2) is DENIED as moot. 26 IT IS SO ORDERED. 27 28 Dated: July 19, 2021 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto . 1 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28