(PC) Beecher v. Union Supply Direct, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES W. BEECHER, No. 2:21-cv-1883 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

UNION SUPPLY DIRECT, INC., Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, a former state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and has requested authority pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF Nos. 1, 2. The matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. For the reasons stated below, the undersigned will recommend that plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis be denied. It will also be recommended that this matter be summarily dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. I. IN FORMA PAUPERIS APPLICATION “A district court may deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis at the outset if it appears from the face of the proposed complaint that the action is frivolous or without merit.” Tripati v. First Nat’l Bank…