(PC)Gould v. County of Fresno

Opinion

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 5 DAVID GOULD, 1:24-cv-00699-SAB (PC) 6 Plaintiff, ORDER TO SUBMIT A 7 v. NON-PRISONER APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS 8 COUNTY OF FRESNO, OR PAY THE $405.00 FILING FEE WITHIN THIRTY DAYS 9 Defendant. 10 Plaintiff is a civil detainee proceeding pro se in a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C.

D § 1983. Individuals detained pursuant to California Welfare and Institutions Code § 6600 et seq. 13 are civil detainees and are not prisoners within the meaning of the Prison Litigation Reform Act.

4 Page v. Torrey, 201 F.3d 1136, 1140 (9th Cir. 2000). Plaintiff has not paid the $405.00 filing fee, 15 or submitted an application to proceed in forma pauperis on the appropriate form pursuant to 28

16 US.C. § 1915. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

7 1. The Clerk’s Office shall send Plaintiff the attached form for application to proceed 18 in forma pauperis for a non-prisoner; 19 2. Within thirty days of the date of service of this order, Plaintiff shall submit the

20 completed and signed application to proceed in forma pauperis for a non-prisoner, or in the

> alternative, pay the $405.00 filing fee for this action. Failure to comply with this order will

result in dismissal of this action.

23 IT IS SO ORDERED. 24 Dated: _ June 17, 2024 25 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 26 27 28