(PC) Tanksley v. Sacramento County Jail

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MOODY WOODROW TANKSLEY, No. 2:18-cv-3158-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SACRAMENTO COUNTY JAIL, et al. , Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a former county inmate, proceeds without counsel in this action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has also filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2). Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis Plaintiff’s application makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). Accordingly, his request to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. Screening I. Legal Standards Pursuant to § 1915(e)(2), the court must dismiss the case at any time if it determines the allegation of poverty is untrue, or if the action is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief against an immune defendant. Although pro se pleadings are liberally construed, see Haines v.…