Hurlbert

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOEL LEE WILLIAMS, JR., No. 2:21-cv-0891-TLN-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER B. HURLBERT, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In addition to filing a handwritten complaint and a nearly identical but typed version of the same complaint (ECF Nos. 1 & 7), he also filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2). Application to Proceed in Forma Pauperis The court has reviewed plaintiff’s application and finds that it makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1) and (2). Accordingly, by separate order, the court directs the agency having custody of plaintiff to collect and forward the appropriate monthly payments for the filing fee as set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1) and (2). Screening Standards Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which…