Paul Hebbe v. City of Folsom, et al.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 PAUL HEBBE., No. 2:25-cv-01735-TLN-SCR 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 CITY OF FOLSOM, 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 has filed a request for leave to 20 proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) and has submitted a declaration showing that he is unable to 21 pay the costs of this proceeding. ECF No.2; see 28 U.S.C. § 1915 (authorizing the 22 commencement of an action “without prepayment of fees or security” by a person that is unable 23 to pay such fees). The motion to proceed IFP will therefore be granted. However, for the reasons 24 provided below, the Court finds Plaintiff’s complaint is legally deficient and will grant Plaintiff 25 leave to file an amended complaint. 26 //// 27 //// 28 //// 1 I. SCREENING 2 A. Legal Standard 3 1. Statutory Screening 4 …