Tiffany Harrison Shabazz, et al. v. Mercy San Juan Medical Center, et al.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 TIFFANY HARRISON SHABAZZ, et al., No. 2:25-cv-02810-DJC-SCR 12 Plaintiffs, 13 v. ORDER 14 MERCY SAN JUAN MEDICAL CENTER, et al., 15 Defendants. 16

17 18 Plaintiff Tiffany Harrison Shabazz is proceeding pro se in this matter, which is referred to 19 the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(21) and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). In response to the 20 Court’s Order (ECF No. 3), Plaintiff has filed a renewed motion for leave to proceed in forma 21 pauperis (“IFP”) and has submitted a declaration listing her income and expenses and averring an 22 inability to pay the costs of this proceeding. The motion to proceed IFP (ECF No. 4) will 23 therefore be granted. However, for the reasons provided below, the Court finds Plaintiff’s 24 complaint is legally deficient and will grant Plaintiff leave to file an 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 …