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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 SEAN M MARTIN, No. 2:20-cv-855-JAM-JDP PS 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 YOLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY

RYAN MEZ, YOLO COUNTY

15 SHERIFF’S DEPUTY JEREMY HEMBREE, COUNTY OF YOLO, and 16 Does 1-5, 17 Defendants. 18 19 Plaintiff seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915.1 His 20 declaration makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. §§1915(a)(1) and (2). See ECF No. 2. 21 Accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperisis granted. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). 22 Determining that plaintiff may proceed in forma pauperis does not complete the required 23 inquiry. Pursuant to § 1915(e)(2), the court must dismiss the caseat any time if it determines that 24 the allegation of poverty is untrue, or that the action is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim 25 on which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief against an immune defendant. As 26 discussed below, plaintiff’s complaint must be dismissed for failure to state a…