Engelbrektson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL ALAN HILL, Case No. 2:24-cv-01904-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER v. GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S APPLICATION

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

COREY ENGELBREKTSON, et al., ECF No. 2 Defendants.

SCREENING ORDER

FINDING THAT THE COMPLAINT FAILS

TO STATE A COGNIZABLE CLAIM AND

GRANTING LEAVE TO AMEND

18 ECF No. 1

20 Plaintiff, an inmate in the El Dorado County Jail, brings this action against two members of the El Dorado County Sheriff’s office and two district attorneys. ECF No. 1 at 3. The complaint fails to state a claim because they implicate ongoing state criminal proceedings and, thus, are barred by the abstention doctrine in Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971). Alternatively, if the state proceedings are complete, plaintiff’s request for exoneration can only be accomplished by filing a habeas petition. I will give plaintiff leave to amend before recommending that this action be…