(PC) Velarde v. Chico Police Dept.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN EDWARD VELARDE, No. 2:22-cv-01823 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER CHICO POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, an inmate proceeding pro se, seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims that defendants violated his rights by using excessive force in violation of plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment rights. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s complaint for screening (ECF No. 1) and plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2). For the reasons set forth below, the complaint will be dismissed with the opportunity to file an amended complaint. Plaintiff will be directed to file a new motion to proceed in forma pauperis with the certificate portion completed. IN FORMA PAUPERIS Plaintiff has submitted a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 2.) However, the certificate portion of the request which must be completed by plaintiff’s…