(PS) Van Den Heuvel v. El Dorado County Judicial Court Seizures

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JEAN MARC VAN DEN HEUVEL, No. 2:20-cv-01173-JAM-CKD PS 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 EL DORADO COUNTY JUDICIAL COURT SEIZURES, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is proceeding in this action pro se. The court previously granted plaintiff’s 18 request to proceed in forma pauperis and dismissed plaintiff’s complaint with leave to amend. 19 (ECF No. 3.) Plaintiff subsequently filed an amended complaint.1 (ECF No. 4.) 20 The federal in forma pauperis statute authorizes federal courts to dismiss a case if the 21 action is legally “frivolous or malicious,” fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, 22 or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. 23 § 1915(e)(2). 24 A claim is legally frivolous when it lacks an arguable basis either in law or in fact.

25 1 Plaintiff filed a document entitled “INTENTIONAL DECEPTIONS BY THE ELDORADO

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