(PC) Hatton v. Sacramento Sheriff's Dept.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ERIC DEWAYNE HATTON, No. 2:22-cv-02143 KJM DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SACRAMENTO COUNTY POLICE, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, a county inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 together with a request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. However, the certificate portion of the in forma pauperis application has not been filled out and signed by an authorized jail official. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(2). Plaintiff will be provided another opportunity to submit a fully completed application to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff has also submitted a letter in which he appears to request to amend his complaint to reflect that “Sacramento Sheriff’s Department”, not “Sacramento County Police,” is the correct name for the defendant in this action. (ECF No. 4.) Plaintiff’s request will be granted and the Clerk of the Court will be directed to correct the…