(PC) Clarke v. Shasta County Sheriffs Department

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 LEE KELLY CLARKE, Case No. 2:21-cv-01399-JAM-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA

v. PAUPERIS AND DENYING HIS MOTION

TO APPOINT COUNSEL

SHASTA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPT, et al., ECF Nos. 4 & 5 14 Defendants. SCREENING ORDER THAT PLAINTIFF: 15 (1) FILE AN AMENDED COMPLAINT, OR (2) STAND BY HIS COMPLAINT

SUBJECT TO DISMISSAL

18 ECF No. 1

THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE

20 Plaintiff, proceeding without counsel, brings this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff’s lengthy complaint is largely incomprehensible; it neither complies with Rule 8 nor states a claim upon which relief can be granted. I will give plaintiff a chance to amend before recommending that this action be dismissed. I will grant plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 4. Plaintiff also…