(PC) Green v. State of CA

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DESHAWN LEAVELL GREEN, No. 2:23-cv-2243 KJM SCR P Plaintiff, v. ORDER STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. §1983. Before the court are plaintiff’s complaint for screening and plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis. For the reasons set forth below, this court grants plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis, finds plaintiff states no claims for relief cognizable under §1983, and dismisses the complaint with leave to amend. IN FORMA PAUPERIS Plaintiff has submitted a declaration that makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. §1915(a). Accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. Plaintiff is required to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. 28 U.S.C. §§1914(a), 1915(b)(1). By this order, plaintiff will be assessed an initial partial filing…