Lanier

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES M. LANIER, Case No. 1:19-cv-01261-NONE-JDP Plaintiff, SCREENING ORDER v. ORDER ALLOWING PLAINTIFF’S

COMPLAINT TO PROCEED AND

BRIG BEATIE, et al., FORWARDING SERVICE DOCUMENTS TO

PLAINTIFF FOR COMPLETION AND

Defendants. RETURN ECF No. 1 17 This matter is before the court for screening. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). Plaintiff, James 18 M. Lanier, is proceeding without counsel and without prepayment of fees in this discrimination 19 action brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended in 1972 (42 U.S.C. § 20 2000e, et seq.) and under the general civil rights statutes, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983. Plaintiff 21 alleges that he was denied contractor work as a volleyball official by defendants because of his 22 race and ethnicity. Plaintiff has stated a prima facie case of discrimination in violation of Title 23 VII against defendants. See Moran v. Selig, 447 F.3d 748, 753 (9th…