Kernan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERNEST L. COX, No. 2:19-cv-1637 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SCOTT KERNAN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state inmate proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims his rights were violated in connection with a 2014 rules violation for allegedly overfamiliar contact with a correctional officer. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 4) 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. 4.) Accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. Plaintiff is required to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this…