Strain/Hall

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEVEN JEROME EASLEY, No. 2:20-cv-0103-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER TYWANDA STRAIN/HALL, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a Sacramento County prisoner proceeding without counsel in this action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, has filed two applications to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF Nos. 2 & 16), a motion for discovery (ECF No. 18), and a request for a “court date” (ECF No. 20). For the reasons stated hereafter, the court grants the latter of his applications to proceed in forma pauperis, denies his motion for discovery, denies his motion for a court date, and dismisses his complaint with leave to amend. Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis The court has reviewed the second of plaintiff’s applications (ECF No. 16) 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. His other application will be…