(PS) Rodarte v. Merced County Sheriff Department

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALEXANDER RODARTE, No. 2:24-cv-3192-TLN-CKD PS Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER GRANTING IFP REQUEST AND

DISMISSING COMPLAINT WITH LEAVE

MERCED COUNTY SHERIFF’S TO AMEND

DEPARTMENT,

Defendant. 17 Plaintiff proceeds pro se in this action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was referred to the undersigned by Local Rule 302(c)(21) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636. Plaintiff has filed an application in support of a request to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 2.) The application makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915 and will be granted. I. SCREENING REQUIREMENT Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e), the court must screen every in forma pauperis proceeding, and mut order dismissal of the case if it is “frivolous or malicious,” “fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted,” or “seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B); Lopez v.…