McKinnon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RUSLAN A. BIZHKO, No. 2:21-cv-01137-CKD PS Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER GRANTING IFP REQUEST AND

DISMISSING COMPLAINT WITH LEAVE

14 THOMAS MCKINNON, et al., TO AMEND 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff proceeds pro se in this action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter is referred to the undersigned by Local Rule 302(c)(21) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636. Plaintiff’s complaint filed on June 28, 2021, is before the court for screening and 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. The request will be granted. 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. §…