Deborah A. Booth v. U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, et al.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DEBORAH A. BOOTH, No. 2:25-cv-01266-DJC-SCR 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN AFFAIRS, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se in this matter, which is referred to the undersigned pursuant 19 to Local Rule 302(c)(21) and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Plaintiff filed a motion for leave to proceed 20 in forma pauperis (“IFP”) and a declaration, including a statement of income and expenses, 21 averring she is unable to pay the costs of these proceedings. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). The 22 motion to proceed IFP will therefore be granted. However, for the reasons provided below, the 23 Court finds Plaintiff’s complaint is legally deficient and will grant Plaintiff leave to file an 24 amended complaint. 25 I. SCREENING 26 A. Legal Standard 27 The federal IFP statute requires federal courts to dismiss a case if the action is legally 28 “frivolous or malicious,” fails to state a claim upon which relief…