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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Bivens Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHNNY FLETCHER, JR.,

Plaintiff,

v.

UNITED STATES, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:22-cv-00443 GSA (PC)

ORDER DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO FILE 

NON-PRISONER APPLICATION TO 

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

PLAINTIFF’S NON-PRISONER 

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS DUE IN TWENTY-ONE DAYS

Plaintiff, a former federal inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, has filed this 

civil rights action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to a United 

States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302.

On July 20, 2022, a notice of change of address filed by Plaintiff was docketed. ECF No. 

7. The address Plaintiff has provided in the notice appears to be a residential one. See id.

An individual released from incarceration must be allowed to apply to proceed under 

general in forma pauperis provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). See DeBlasio v. Gilmore, 315 

F.3d 396, 399 (4th Cir. 2003); see also Webb v. Lambert, No. CV 12-00041-H-DLC, 2012 WL 

5931889, at *1 (D. Mont. Aug. 29, 2012) (citing DeBlasio). That person may proceed in forma 

pauperis upon satisfying the poverty provisions applicable to non-prisoners. McGann v. Comm’r, 

Soc. Sec. Admin., 96 F.3d 29, 30 (2d Cir. 1996).

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Clerk of Court shall send Plaintiff a copy of the Court’s application to proceed in 

forma pauperis for non-prisoners, and

2. Within twenty-one days from the date of this order, Plaintiff must COMPLETE AND 

FILE the non-prisoner in forma pauperis application in this Court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 10, 2024 /s/ Gary S. Austin 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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