Cole
(PS) Fowler v. Cole
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERIKA LYNNE FOWLER, Case No. 2:21-cv-00578-KJM-JDP (PS) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA
v. PAUPERIS RICK COLE, CATHY COLE, ECF No. 2 Defendants. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
THAT PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT BE
DISMISSED AS FRIVOLOUS ECF No. 1 18 Plaintiff has requested authority under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 to proceed in forma pauperis. She has submitted the affidavit required thereunder showing that she is unable either to prepay fees and costs or to give security for them. ECF No. 2. The court will therefore grant plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis. However, I find that plaintiff’s complaint is frivolous and recommend that it be dismissed without leave to amend. As required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2), the court has screened plaintiff’s complaint to ensure that it contains “a short and…