(PS)Valdez
(PS)Valdez v. San Joaquin County Superior Court
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 IVAN VALDEZ, No. 2:21-cv-00615-KJM-CKD PS Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER GRANTING IFP REQUEST AND
DISMISSING COMPLAINT WITH LEAVE
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY SUPERIOR TO AMEND
COURT,
Defendant. 17 Plaintiff proceeds pro se in this action, which is referred to the undersigned by Local Rule 302(c)(21). Plaintiff has filed an application in support of his request to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 2.) Plaintiff’s application makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e), the court must screen every in forma pauperis proceeding, and mut order dismissal of the case if it is “frivolous or malicious,” “fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted,” or “seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B); Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1126-27 (2000). In performing this screening, the court liberally construes a pro se plaintiff’s pleadings. 26 …