(PC) Rayburn v. California Highway Patrol

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JESSE JAMES RAYBURN, No. 24-cv-02704 SCR P Plaintiff, v. ORDER CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a county prisoner in the state of Arkansas proceeding pro se in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has requested leave to proceed without paying the full filing fee for this action, under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Plaintiff has submitted a declaration showing that he cannot afford to pay the entire filing fee and a certified copy of the trust fund account statement for the six-month period immediately preceding the filing of the complaint. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Accordingly, plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. However, the court finds plaintiff’s first amended complaint (“FAC”) is legally deficient and will grant Plaintiff an opportunity to file an amended complaint. I. SCREENING A. Legal Standard The court is required to screen complaints brought…