Frank
(PS) Nguyen v. Frank
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 QUOC H. NGUYEN, No. 2:24-cv-02239-DJC-CKD (PS) Plaintiffs, 13 v. ORDER 14 FRANK, et al., 15 Defendants.
17 Plaintiff, Quoc H. Nguyen, proceeds without counsel1 and has filed a complaint for a civil case which is before the court for screening. Plaintiff also requests to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff’s renewed application to proceed in forma pauperis makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915, and the request is granted. However, the complaint contains no factual allegations and therefore fails to state a claim. 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 claim on which relief may be granted,” or “seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is 27 1 Because plaintiff proceeds without counsel, this action is…