Nguyen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 QUOC H. NGUYEN, No. 2:24-cv-02155-TLN-SCR Plaintiff, v. ORDER HUNG Q. NGUYEN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se in this action. This matter was accordingly referred to the undersigned by Local Rule 302(c)(21). Plaintiff has filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). However, the application is largely incomplete and does not provide the information necessary for the Court to make a determination. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). Accordingly, the Court will defer ruling on the motion to proceed IFP and direct Plaintiff to provide a complete application. For the reasons provided below, the Court also finds Plaintiff’s complaint is legally deficient but will grant Plaintiff leave to file an amended complaint. I. SCREENING A. Legal Standard The federal IFP statute requires federal courts to dismiss a case if the action is legally 27 …