MacKenzie v. Sessions

Filing 4

ORDER authorizing In Forma Pauperis Status signed by Magistrate Judge Jennifer L. Thurston on 12/8/2017. (Lundstrom, T)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DOUGLAS MACKENZIE,

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1:17 -cv-01623-JLT (HC)

Petitioner,
ORDER AUTHORIZING
IN FORMA PAUPERIS STATUS

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v.

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JEFF SESSIONS,

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Respondent.

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Petitioner is a civil detainee proceeding pro se in a petition for writ of habeas corpus

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pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ' 2254. Petitioner filed his petition on December 1, 2017. Individuals

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detained pursuant to California Welfare and Institutions Code ' 6600 et seq. are civil detainees

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and are not prisoners within the meaning of the Prison Litigation Reform Act. Page v. Torrey,

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201 F.3d 1136, 1140 (9th Cir. 2000). Petitioner is hereby AUTHORIZED to proceed in forma

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pauperis. The petition will be screened in due course.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

December 8, 2017

/s/ Jennifer L. Thurston
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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