(HC)Griffin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DEXTER LAWRENCE GRIFFIN, No. 2:20-cv-0256-EFB Plaintiff, v. ORDER PEOPLE OF THE STATE, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is confined in the California State Hospital at Coalinga. He has filed an action purporting to be brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Plaintiff has also filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 5. I. Request to Proceed In Forma Pauperis Plaintiff’s application makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1) and (2). Accordingly, his motion to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. II. The Complaint Must Be Construed as a Habeas Petition Plaintiff filed this action on a form entitled “Complaint by a Prisoner under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983.” ECF Nos. 1, 12. The pleading contains three claims against staff at California Medical Facility, Vacaville: (1) that K.…