Messinger

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSHUA DAVIS BLAND, No. 2:20-cv-0051 KJM DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER JON A. MESSINGER, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims defendants used excessive force against him and falsely found him guilty of a prison rules violation in retaliation. Presently before the court are plaintiff’s motions to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF Nos. 8, 9) and his complaint for screening (ECF No. 1.) For the reasons set forth below, the court will grant the motions to proceed in forma pauperis and dismiss the complaint with leave to amend. IN FORMA PAUPERIS Plaintiff has filed two applications requesting to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 8, 9.) Plaintiff has not, however, filed an in forma pauperis affidavit or paid the required filing fee of $350.00 plus the $50.00 administrative fee. See 28 U.S.C.…