(PC) Harris v. Solano County Sheriffs Department

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 GEORGE HARRIS, No. 2:21-cv-0688 AC P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 SOLANA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEP’T, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a county inmate proceeding pro se with a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 18 1983.1 Plaintiff has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. 19 This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). 20 For the reasons stated below, plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted and 21 he will be given an opportunity to amend the complaint. 22

I. APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

23 Plaintiff has submitted a declaration that makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 24 1915(a). Accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. 25 26 1 Plaintiff is incarcerated at the Solano County Stanton Correctional Facility in Fairfield, 27 California. The Court will assume for purposes of this order that plaintiff has been convicted of…