(PC) Blackshire v. Sacramento County Sherriff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 PATRICK BLACKSHIRE, No. 2:19-cv-1306-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 16 Plaintiff, who proceeds without counsel in this action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, has a filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 2. Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis The court has reviewed plaintiff’s application and finds that it makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). Accordingly, plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis is granted.2 23 1 The showing, not typically difficult to adjudicate, was a close call in this instance. Plaintiff’s answers on the application form were cursory. See, e.g., ECF No. 2 at 2 (Plaintiff, after being asked to list and describe his monthly expenses, answered only “too much.” After 25 being asked to list his dependents, he wrote only “various.”). Nevertheless, plaintiff indicates that he is on Social Security Income,…