(PC) Dean v. Sacramento County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHAUN DUPREE DEAN, JR., No. 2:24-cv-0139 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SACRAMENTO COUNTY, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a county inmate who filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state tort law without a lawyer. He has requested leave to proceed without paying the full filing fee for this action, under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Plaintiff has submitted declarations showing that he cannot afford to pay the entire filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Accordingly, plaintiff’s motions to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted.1 I. Statutory Screening of Prisoner Complaints The court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against “a 24 1 This means that plaintiff is allowed to pay the $350.00 filing fee in monthly installments that are 25 taken from the inmate’s trust account rather than in one lump sum. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a). As part of this order, the prison is required…