(PS) Peterson v. Secretary of State

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM PETERSON, No. 2:24-cv-01812-TLN-CKD (PS) Plaintiffs, 13 v. ORDER

SECRETARY OF STATE, DIVISION OF

ELECTION, Defendant.

18 Plaintiff, William Peterson, proceeds without counsel1 and seeks relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s complaint is before the court for screening and plaintiff requests to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF Nos. 1, 2.) Plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915, and the request is granted. The complaint fails to state a claim, but plaintiff is granted leave to file an amended complaint. I. SCREENING REQUIREMENT Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e), the court must screen every in forma pauperis proceeding, and must order dismissal of the case if it is “frivolous or malicious,” “fails to state a 27 1 Because plaintiff proceeds without counsel, this action is referred to the undersigned by Local Rule 302(c)(21) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §…