Ramsey

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DAVID SWANK PRINCE, No. 2:20-cv-1245-TLN-EFB P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 MICHAEL RAMSEY, et. al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a county jail inmate, proceeding without counsel in this action brought pursuant 18 to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, has filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 8). For the 19 reasons stated hereafter, his application to proceed in forma pauperis is granted but his complaint 20 is dismissed with leave to amend. 21 Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis 22 The court has reviewed the second of plaintiff’s applications (ECF No. 8) and finds that it 23 makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). Accordingly, by separate order, the court 24 directs the agency having custody of plaintiff to collect and forward the appropriate monthly 25 payments for the filing fee as set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) and (2). 26 ///// 27 ///// 28 ///// 1 Screening 2 I. …