Martinez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ARMANDO MARTINEZ, Case No.: 3:24-cv-1750-AJB-BLM

CDCR # BI-3959,

ORDER: (1) GRANTING MOTION

Plaintiff, TO PROCEED IN FORMA vs. PAUPERIS [ECF No. 3];

(2) DISMISSING COMPLAINT FOR

JOSHUA ROCHA, E. DE LA PARRA, SEEKING MONEY DAMAGES

A. TRUJILLO, FROM IMMUNE DEFENDANTS

Defendants. AND FAILING TO STATE A CLAIM

PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C.

18 §§ 1915(e)(2)(B) AND 1915A(b) 19 Plaintiff Armando Martinez (“Plaintiff” or “Martinez”), currently a state inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, along with a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). See ECF Nos. 1, 3. In his Complaint, Martinez alleges his Eighth Amendment rights were violated when Defendants used excessive force against him. See generally, ECF No. 1. As discussed below, the Court grants Plaintiff’s IFP motion and dismisses the…