(PS) Johnson v. FBI

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEVIN B. JOHNSON, No. 2:20-cv-2214 TLN DB PS Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

UNITED STATES [FBI], Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Kevin Johnson is proceeding in this action pro se. This matter was referred to the undersigned in accordance with Local Rule 302(c)(21) and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Pending before the court are plaintiff’s complaint and motion to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (ECF Nos. 1 & 2.) The complaint alleges that defendant’s “agents instructed . . . teenage girls to track” plaintiff in an effort “to create a . . . criminal out of person (child sex offender)[.]” (Compl. (ECF No. 1) at 4-5.) The court is required to screen complaints brought by parties proceeding in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2); see also Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1129 (9th Cir. 2000) (en banc). Here, plaintiff’s complaint is deficient. Accordingly, for the reasons stated…