(PC) Dunbar v. California Corrections Department

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EDDIE LAMAR DUNBAR, No. 2:19-cv-1359 JAM DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., 15 Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a county inmate proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This action was transferred from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on July 19, 2019. (ECF No. 7.) Plaintiff claims that officers used excessive force against him, denied him medical treatment, and threatened him. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2) and his complaint for screening (ECF No. 1). For the reasons set forth below the court will grant the motion to proceed in forma pauperis and dismiss the complaint with leave to amend. IN FORMA PAUPERIS Plaintiff has submitted a declaration that makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). (ECF No. 2.) Accordingly, the request to…