(PS) Griffith v. Paran LLP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL GRIFFITH AND DETRICK No. 2:21-cv-01314-JAM-CKD PS

CURTIS CONERLY,

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING IFP REQUEST AND

v. DISMISSING COMPLAINT WITHOUT

LEAVE TO AMEND AND

PARAN LLP,

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

Defendant.

17 18 Plaintiff Detrick Curtis Conerly proceeds pro se in this action which is referred to the 19 undersigned by Local Rule 302(c)(21) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b). Plaintiff Conerly, who is 20 incarcerated at FCI McKean in Pennsylvania, has filed an application in support of his request to 21 proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 2.) Plaintiff Conerly’s application makes the showing 22 required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915. The request will be granted.

I. SCREENING REQUIREMENT

24 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e), the court must screen every in forma pauperis 25 proceeding, and must order dismissal of the case if it is “frivolous or malicious,” “fails to state a 26 claim on which relief may be granted,” or “seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is 27 immune…