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Parties Involved:
Forrest Kendrid
Plaintiff
E. Oguntuase
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FORREST KENDRID,

Plaintiff,

v.

E. OGUNTUASE,

Defendant.

Case No. 2:21-cv-01558-WBS-JDP (PC)

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA 

PAUPERIS 

ECF No. 27

OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN FOURTEEN

DAYS

Plaintiff Forrest Kendrid, a civil detainee at California Medical Facility in Vacaville,

brings this case pro se, alleging that defendant violated his rights under the Fourteenth 

Amendment by exhibiting deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs. ECF No. 1 at 2-3. 

At the outset of this case, plaintiff filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis, wherein he

attested that he was not employed, that his only income in the prior twelve months had been from 

a lawsuit settlement, and that he had “two thousand” dollars in cash savings. ECF No. 2. A 

subsequently filed inmate trust account statement showed a balance of $2,415.71. ECF No. 5. 

Based on these filings, I granted plaintiff’s application on November 17, 2021. ECF No. 8. 

On January 18, 2022, defendant moved to revoke plaintiff’s in forma pauperis status and 

to dismiss this case, arguing that plaintiff’s application and account statement show that he can

afford to pay the filing fee. ECF No. 15-1 at 3. On August 25, 2022, I found that defendant had 

not shown that plaintiff’s application had been made in bad faith and recommended that the 

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motion be denied. ECF No. 23. The district judge declined to adopt these recommendations and

remanded for further proceedings in light of the funds in plaintiff’s trust account and other assets 

he may have had available. ECF No. 25 at 2. Accordingly, I withdrew my findings and 

recommendations and submitted new recommendations, recommending that the court grant in 

part defendant’s motion and revoke plaintiff’s in forma pauperis status. ECF No. 26. I also 

ordered plaintiff to either submit a new application to proceed in forma pauperis or tender the full 

filing fee. Id. 

Plaintiff has since filed a new application to proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 27, 

attesting that he has approximately $113 in his account. Id. at 2 (plaintiff wrote that he has 

“hundred, fourtheen [sic] 113.00.”). He additionally attests that he is unemployed and has no 

other assets, apart from the money in his account. Id. at 1-2. A subsequently filed inmate trust 

account statement shows plaintiff’s balance to be $55.21. ECF No. 29. While plaintiff’s does not 

precisely match his current trust account statement, the available balance in his trust account on 

February 8—the date he signed his application to proceed in forma pauperis—showed an 

available balance of $112.96. I find that plaintiff has made a sufficient showing to proceed in 

forma pauperis, and I will grant his application to proceed as such. 

Accordingly, it is ORDERED that plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, 

ECF No. 27, is granted. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 24, 2023 

JEREMY D. PETERSON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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