Stokes Ray Crotts, Jr. v. County of Los Angeles

990 F.2d 1256 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Stokes Ray CROTTS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 92-55560. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 23, 1993. * Decided April 5, 1993. Before WALLACE, Chief Judge, and FARRIS and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Stokes Ray Crotts, Jr., a California state prisoner, appeals pro se the district court's denial of his motion to proceed in forma pauperis in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action. The district court denied his motion to proceed in forma pauperis on the basis that the complaint violated Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure because it did not contain a short and plain statement of claims. The district court also stated that there was a questionable statute of limitations issue. Crotts' claim arises from an allegation that Los Angeles County sheriffs used excessive force when they shot and beat him, in the course…