Phoebe Dacha v. Medical Board of California and Reji Varghese

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 PHOEBE DACHA, No. 2:25-cv-3122 DAD AC PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER and MEDICAL BOARD OF CALIFORNIA FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS and REJI VARGHESE, 14 Defendants.

16 Plaintiff is proceeding in this action pro se, and the case was accordingly referred to the undersigned for pretrial purposes by E.D. Cal. 302(c)(21). Plaintiff has filed a request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”), and has submitted the affidavit required by that statute. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). The motion to proceed IFP (ECF No. 2) will therefore be granted. I. Screening A. Standards The federal IFP statute requires federal courts to dismiss a case if the action is legally “frivolous or malicious,” fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). A claim is legally frivolous when it lacks an arguable…