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Parties Involved:
Coalinga State Hospital
Defendant
Roland Thomas Koch
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Plaintiff is a civil detainee proceeding pro se in a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

§ 1983. Individuals detained pursuant to California Welfare and Institutions Code § 6600 et seq. 

are civil detainees and are not prisoners within the meaning of the Prison Litigation Reform Act. 

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

Plaintiff initiated this action on November 24, 2014. Plaintiff has neither paid the $400.00 

filing fee nor submitted an application to proceed in forma pauperis on the appropriate form 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1915.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Clerk’s Office shall send to plaintiff an application to proceed in forma pauperis 

for a non-prisoner;

2. Within thirty days of the date of service of this order, plaintiff shall submit the 

completed and signed application to proceed in forma pauperis for a non-prisoner, or in the 

alternative, pay the $400.00 filing fee for this action; and

ROLAND THOMAS KOCH,

Plaintiff,

v.

COALINGA STATE HOSPITAL,

Defendant.

1:14-cv-01861 BAM

ORDER TO SUBMIT A 

NON-PRISONER APPLICATION 

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS 

OR PAY THE $400.00 FILING FEE 

WITHIN THIRTY DAYS 

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3. Failure to comply with this order will result in dismissal of this action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 8, 2014 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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