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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

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN LUIS JONES,

Plaintiff,

 v.

 GAVIN SIERRA, et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 05-03391 SBA (PR)

ORDER GRANTING IN FORMA

PAUPERIS STATUS

This is a civil rights case filed pro se by Plaintiff who, at the time of filing the complaint, was

being held in state custody. Plaintiff filed a Notice of Change of Address informing the Court that

he has since been released and is no longer a "prisoner" within the meaning of 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 

See Page v. Torrey, 201 F.3d 1136, 1139 (9th Cir. 2000) (to fall within the definition of "prisoner,"

the individual in question must be currently detained as a result of accusation, conviction, or

sentence for a criminal offense). Because Plaintiff is not a "prisoner," the provisions of section 1915

requiring prisoners who seek to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) to submit a copy of transactions in

their inmate account and providing that the full filing fee be paid in installments do not apply to

them. However, even non-prisoners are required by section 1915(a)(1) to provide an affidavit with

sufficient information to allow the court to make an accurate determination whether they are

indigent and thus entitled to proceed IFP. Therefore, Plaintiff was ordered to file complete IFP

application on the Court's form for non-prisoner litigants. Plaintiff has completed and filed the

required IFP application.

Plaintiff's application to proceed IFP is GRANTED. In view of Plaintiff's income, the initial

partial filing fee due for Plaintiff at this time is $0.00.

The Court will review Plaintiff's complaint in a separate written Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 3/4/08 

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JONES,

Plaintiff,

 v.

SIERRA et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV05-03391 SBA 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on March 5, 2008, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said

envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle

located in the Clerk's office.

Kevin Louis Jones

2880 Birch Avenue

Camino, CA 95709

Dated: March 5, 2008

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk

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