Uddin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MAURICE DARONTE DAVIS, No. 2:22-cv-0864 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER MESKATH UDDIN, Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims that defendants violated his Fourth and Eighth Amendment rights. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2), a request for deposition (ECF No. 6), and his complaint for screening. For the reasons set forth below, the court will deny the request for deposition as premature, grant the motion to proceed in forma pauperis, and will give plaintiff the opportunity to proceed with the complaint as screened or 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, the request to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. …