Toro

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ELENA PORTNOY, No. 2:25-cv-01228-DAD-SCR 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 MONICA TORO, Director of Sacramento CIS District, 15 Defendant. 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 request for leave to proceed 20 in forma pauperis (“IFP”) and submitted a declaration containing information on income and 21 assets and averring an inability to pay the costs of this proceeding. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). 22 The motion to proceed IFP is granted. Granting IFP status does not end the court’s inquiry, 23 however, as the Court is required by Section 1915(e)(2) to screen the complaint and must dismiss 24 an action if it is “frivolous or malicious,” fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, 25 or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. § 26 1915(e)(2). The Court concludes that, for screening…