Rivera

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JUSTIN WALKER aka El Dey Bey No. 2:23-cv-02015-EFB (PC) Shabazz Ali, 12 Plaintiff, ORDER v. 14 RIVERA, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a county jail inmate proceeding without counsel, brings this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff has also filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. ECF No. 2. The court will grant the in forma pauperis application and screen the complaint. Plaintiff has also filed several motions, including two motions to appoint counsel, which the court addresses herein. ECF Nos. 5, 9, 23, 24 & 34. Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis Plaintiff’s application makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1) and (2). Accordingly, by separate order, the court directs the agency having custody of plaintiff to collect and forward the appropriate monthly payments for the filing fee as set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) and (2). //// //// …