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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KENNETH MILLS, 

Plaintiff, No. CIV S-05-0218 DFL KJM P

vs.

COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER

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Plaintiff, a county jail inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action

under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 together with a request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis under 28

U.S.C. § 1915. 

On April 7, 2005, the court issued findings and recommendations, recommending

the action be dismissed because petitioner had not supported his request to proceed in forma

pauperis with a certified copy of his institutional trust account statement.

On May 20, 2005, plaintiff filed objections to the findings and recommendations

and a new request to proceed in forma pauperis, using a Northern District of California form. 

Plaintiff has not provided a certificate of the amount of funds available to him,

completed by plaintiff’s institution of incarceration. Also, plaintiff has not filed a certified copy

of his institutional trust account statement for the six month period immediately preceding the

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filing of the complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Plaintiff will be provided another

opportunity to submit a completed in forma pauperis application and a certified copy in support

of his application.

Plaintiff complains that he was a patient at a state hospital, not a prisoner, and

suggests he should not be required to comply with the requirements for an in forma pauperis

application submitted by a prisoner. Plaintiff was sent to a state hospital because his competence

to stand trial was in question, according to his own pleading. The state hospital referral is not a

civil commitment, but a special form of pretrial detention related to the underlying criminal

proceedings. People v. Waterman, 42 Cal.3d 565, 569 (1986). Accordingly, plaintiff must

comply with the requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (a)(2). 

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The findings and recommendations of April 7, 2005 are hereby vacated.

2. Plaintiff shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, a 

completed affidavit in support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided

by the Clerk of Court; 

3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send plaintiff a new Application to

Proceed In Forma Pauperis By a Prisoner; and

4. Plaintiff shall submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, a certified

copy of his prison trust account statement for the six month period immediately preceding the

filing of the complaint. Plaintiff’s failure to comply with this order will result in a

recommendation that this action be dismissed without prejudice.

DATED: May 25, 2005.

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UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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