(PS) Bell v. SCF Investment Advisors, INC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TONY E. BELL and BELL AND No. 2:24-cv-02473 KJM AC PS COMPANY MANAGMEENT and ANALYTICAL SERVICES LLC, Plaintiffs, ORDER and v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS SCF INFESTMENT ADVISORS, INC., et al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 Plaintiff is proceeding in this action pro se. This matter was accordingly referred to the undersigned by E.D. Cal. 302(c)(21). Plaintiff Tony E. Bell has filed a request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) and has submitted the affidavit required by that statute. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). The motion to proceed IFP (ECF No. 2) will therefore be granted. I. Screening A. Legal Standard The federal IFP statute requires federal courts to dismiss a case if the action is legally “frivolous or malicious,” fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). A claim is…