Rains
Kenneth Martin v. Rains
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EASTERN DIVISION 11 KENNETH MARTIN, Case No. 5:20-cv-00883-FMO (AFM) Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
v. DETECTIVE RAINS, et al., Defendants. 17 On April 24, 2020,1 plaintiff filed a pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1.) The Complaint was accompanied by a Request to Proceed Without Prepayment of Filing Fees or In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”), which was subsequently granted. Plaintiff is a detainee who is presently being held at the Patton State Hospital, in Patton, California. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B), the Court has screened the pleading to determine whether plaintiff’s Complaint is 24 1 On April 7, 2020, plaintiff lodged for filing another pro se action: Martin v. People, Case No. 5:20-cv-00722-UA. That action is a Petition for Writ of Mandamus, but it has yet to be filed because plaintiff failed to either pay the required filing fees or file a request to proceed without prepayment…