(PS) Holt v. Sacramento County Sheriff Dept.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SANDY HOLT, Case No. 2:24-cv-03256-DJC-CSK Plaintiff, v. ORDER GRANTING IFP REQUEST AND

GRANTING LEAVE TO AMEND

SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT, et al., (ECF Nos. 1, 2) 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Sandy Holt is representing herself in this action and seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915.1 (ECF No. 2.) Plaintiff’s application in support of the IFP request makes the required financial showing. Accordingly, the Court grants Plaintiff’s IFP request. I. SCREENING REQUIREMENT Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e), the court must screen every in forma pauperis proceeding, and must 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. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1126-27 (2000) (en banc). A claim is legally…