Hogan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CLIFTON WILLIAMS, JR., Case No. 1:22-cv-00044-DAD-SAB

Plaintiff, SCREENING ORDER GRANTING

PLAINTIFF LEAVE TO FILE AN

v. AMENDED COMPLAINT

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF (ECF No. 1) CALIFORNIA, et al., THIRTY DAY DEADLINE Defendants.

17 Clifton Williams, Jr. (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this 18 civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s 19 complaint, filed on January 11, 2022. (ECF No. 1.) 20 I.

SCREENING REQUIREMENT

22 Notwithstanding any filing fee, the court shall dismiss a case if at any time the Court 23 determines that the complaint “(i) is frivolous or malicious; (ii) fails to state a claim on which 24 relief may be granted; or (iii) seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from 25 such relief.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2); see Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1129 (9th Cir. 2000) 26 (section 1915(e) applies to all in forma pauperis complaints, not just those filed by…