(PC) Williams v. Sacramento County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 CHARLES WILLIAMS, No. 2:20-cv-1513-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Defendant. 15 Plaintiff is a former county jail inmate proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In addition to filing a complaint (ECF No. 1), he has also filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2). For the reasons stated hereafter, his application to proceed in forma pauperis is granted but his complaint is dismissed with leave to amend. Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis Plaintiff’s application makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). Accordingly, plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. Screening I. Legal Standards Pursuant to § 1915(e)(2), the court must dismiss the case at any time if it determines the allegation of poverty is untrue, or if the action is frivolous or malicious,…