(PS) Littleton v. Fickenworth Pena

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL LITTLETON, No. 2:22-cv-01025-TLN-CKD PS Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 ALEXIS FICKENWORTH PENA, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff’s pro se complaint filed on June 13, 2022 (ECF No. 1) is before the court for screening. This matter was referred to the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(21). See 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Plaintiff has filed an application in support of a request to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 2.) Plaintiff’s application makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915. The motion to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. I. SCREENING REQUIREMENT Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e), the court must screen every in forma pauperis proceeding, and must order dismissal of the case if it is “frivolous or malicious,” “fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted,” or “seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B); Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122,…