(PC) Christopher Lipsey v. Edmund Brown, Jr

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 CHRISTOPHER LIPSEY, JR., No. 2:18-cv-1997 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

EDMUND G. BROWN, JR., et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff, a California state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and has requested authority pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF Nos. 1, 2, 8. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). For the reasons stated below, plaintiff’s earlier filed application to proceed in forma pauperis will be denied as incomplete, and plaintiff’s later filed in forma pauperis application will be granted. In addition, it will be recommended that: (1) this action be dismissed for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, and (2) plaintiff’s motion for the appointment of counsel be denied as moot. //// 26 Plaintiff has also filed an unsolicited and untimely first…