(PS) Smith v. Federal Bureau of Investigations
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GARY SMITH, No. 2:24-cv-0995-DC-SCR Plaintiff, v. ORDER FEDERAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION,
15 Defendant.
17 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se in this action, which was accordingly referred to Magistrate Judge Barnes by Local Rule 302(c)(21). It was reassigned to the undersigned on August 6, 2024. ECF No. 4. Plaintiff has filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) and submitted the affidavit required by that statute. ECF No. 2; see 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). Plaintiff also seeks leave to electronically file all future documents in this action. ECF No. 3. Leave to electronically file documents in this action, ECF No. 3, will be denied. The motion to proceed IFP, ECF No. 2, will be granted. However, in screening Plaintiff’s Complaint, as required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), the Court concludes that the Complaint fails to state a claim. As explained below, Plaintiff should be granted leave to amend his Freedom…