(PC) Bennett v. FBI

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAVID BENNETT, No. 2:24-cv-1038-KJM-SCR Plaintiff, v. ORDER FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff is a county inmate who filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 18 without a lawyer. He has requested leave to proceed without paying the full filing fee for this 19 action, under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Plaintiff has submitted a declaration showing that he cannot 20 afford to pay the entire filing fee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Accordingly, plaintiff’s motions 21 to proceed in forma pauperis are granted.1

I. Statutory Screening of Prisoner Complaints

23 The court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against “a

This means that plaintiff is allowed to pay the $350.00 filing fee in monthly installments that are 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 to remove an initial partial…