The following excerpt is from Mendez v. United States, 1:17-cv-00555-LJO-MJS (PC) (E.D. Cal. 2018):
Plaintiff is a prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in a civil rights action pursuant to Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents, 403 U.S. 388 (1971) and the Federal Tort Claims Act, 28 U.S.C. 1346(b), 2671-2680 ("FTCA").
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