(PC) Herrera v. Price ( 2019 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 | RUBEN HERRERA, Case No. 1:19-cv-01405-EPG (PC) 11 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION 12 V. TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS 13 | BRANDON PRICE, (ECF No. 4) 14 Defendant. 15 16 17 Plaintiff is a civil detainee proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 18 | U.S.C. § 1983. Individuals detained pursuant to California Welfare and Institutions Code § 6600 19 || et seq. are civil detainees and are not prisoners within the meaning of the Prison Litigation 20 | Reform Act. Page v. Torrey, 201 F.3d 1136, 1140 (9" Cir. 2000). 21 In the instant action, Plaintiff filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. 22 | Examination of Plaintiffs application reveals that Plaintiff is unable to afford the costs of this 23 || action. Accordingly, Plaintiff's application to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED. 24 IT IS SO ORDERED. 25 26 | Dated: _ October 28, 2019 [see ey UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 28 1 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