(PC) Brown v. United States

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DEXTER BROWN, No. 2:18-cv-3197 KJM KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

UNITED STATES, et al., Defendants. 16 I. Introduction Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding pro se. Plaintiff seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Fed. Bureau of Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971), and requests leave to proceed in forma pauperis under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). II. Initial Motions In addition to his request to proceed in forma pauperis, plaintiff filed a motion for reconsideration, asking the court to reconsider its prior order requiring him to pay the court’s filing fee in full, accompanied by plaintiff’s proposed “fourth amended complaint.” (ECF No. 13, 14.) Plaintiff asks the court to screen the proposed amended complaint, which he claims was 27 …