(PC) Harris v. California Forensic Medical Group

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ANTOINE W. HARRIS, No. 2:19-cv-2020 DB P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 CALIFORNIA FORENSIC MEDICAL GROUP, et al., 15 Defendants. 16

17 Plaintiff, a county jail inmate1 proceeding pro se, seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 18 1983 and has requested authority pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 to proceed in forma pauperis. 19 (ECF Nos. 1, 3). This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 20 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). 21 For the reasons stated below, plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis shall be 22 granted. Plaintiff will also be given an opportunity to amend the complaint. 23 //// 24 //// 25 //// 26

27 1 Plaintiff is currently housed at Washoe County Detention Facility in Reno, Nevada. (See generally ECF No. 1 at 1). However, it appears that the claims raised in his complaint arise from 28 events that occurred while he was an inmate at SCJ. (See ECF No. 1 at 2-3, 5-10). 1 I. IN FORMA PAUPERIS APPLICATION 2 Plaintiff has submitted a…