(PC) Hawes v. California Department of Health Services

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TERRY RAY HAWES, No. 2:21-cv-0161 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims that his rights were violated in connection with a 2005 revocation of social security benefits. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 9), motion to appoint counsel (ECF No. 10), and his complaint for screening (ECF No. 1). For the reasons set forth below, the court will grant the motion to proceed in forma pauperis, deny the motion to appoint counsel, and dismiss the complaint with leave to amend. IN FORMA PAUPERIS Plaintiff has submitted a declaration that makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). (ECF No. 9.) Accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. …