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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

JEFFREY E. WALKER,

Plaintiff,

v.

MINA BESHARA, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:20-cv-01050-JDP

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

ECF No. 2

Plaintiff Jeffrey E. Walker is a civil detainee proceeding without counsel in this civil 

rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Individuals detained pursuant to California’s Welfare 

and Institutions Code are civil detainees and not prisoners within the meaning of the Prison 

Litigation Reform Act. See Page v. Torrey, 201 F.3d 1136, 1140 (9th Cir. 2000).

Plaintiff has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. Examination of this 

application reveals that plaintiff is unable to afford the costs of this action. Accordingly, the 

motion to proceed in forma pauperis is granted.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 3, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

No. 205.

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