(PC) Britt v. Placer County Jail

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES BRITT, No. 2:21-cv-01225 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER PLACER COUNTY JAIL, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, an inmate in Placer County jail proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims defendants were deliberately indifferent to unsafe conditions of plaintiff’s confinement in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. Before the court is plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2) and plaintiff’s complaint for screening (ECF No. 1). For the reasons stated below, plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. Plaintiff will be given the option to proceed on his cognizable claims or to be given leave to file an amended complaint. IN FORMA PAUPERIS Plaintiff has submitted a declaration that makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). (ECF No. 2.) Accordingly, plaintiff’s request to…