(PS) Mendez v. Sacramento Police Officers
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 VICTORIA REYES MENDEZ Case No. 2:21-cv-01965-DAD-JDP (PS) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA
13 v. PAUPERIS 14 SACRAMENTO POLICE OFFICERS, ECF No. 2 15 Defendant. SCREENING ORDER THAT PLAINTIFF: 16 (1) STAND BY HER COMPLAINT
SUBJECT TO DISMISSAL, OR
17 (2) FILE AN AMENDED COMPLAINT 18 ECF No. 1 19
THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE
20 21 Plaintiff filed a complaint purporting to assert claims against Sacramento Police Officers, 22 together with an application to proceed in forma pauperis. Her complaint fails to state a claim. I 23 will give plaintiff a chance to amend her complaint before recommending dismissal. I will grant 24 plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 2, which makes the showing 25 required by 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(a)(1) and (2). 26 Screening and Pleading Requirements 27 A complaint must contain a short and plain statement…