Wagner

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO DIVISION

KEVIN HAWKINS, §

§ Plaintiff, § § vs. § NO. 2:20-CV-2549 LHR § BENJAMIN B. WAGNER, United States § Attorney, et al., § § Defendants. §

ORDER

Former federal prisoner Kevin Hawkins has filed a civil rights complaint (Docket No. 1), seeking compensatory damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against prosecutors, law enforcement agents, and other officials involved in a conviction that has been set aside. Hawkins, who represents himself in this case, has also filed an application to proceed without prepayment of fees or costs (Docket No. 2). The case has been reassigned for all further proceedings to the undersigned (Docket No. 3). Based on the information provided by Hawkins, who reports that he is currently on welfare and has no other assets, the court ORDERS as follows: 1. The application for leave to proceed without prepayment of fees (Docket No. 2) is granted. 2. Service of process will be withheld pending judicial screening pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B), which requires a court to scrutinize the pleadings filed…