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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSHUA JESSE CANTU,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOHN DOE 1, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:20-cv-00386-JDP

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

ECF No. 2

Plaintiff is a former prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought 

under to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Former prisoners are not “prisoners” within the meaning of the Prison 

Litigation Reform Act. See Olivas v. Nevada ex rel. Dep’t of Corr., 856 F.3d 1281, 1282 (9th 

Cir. 2017) (per curiam). Plaintiff has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 1915. Because plaintiff has made the showing required by § 1915(a)(1), his request to 

proceed in forma pauperis is granted. As soon as practicable, the court will screen plaintiff’s 

complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B).

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 23, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

No. 205.

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