Verizon

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHELIA HALOUSEK, Case No. 2:22-cv-01728-TLN-JDP (PS) Plaintiff, v. ORDER VERIZON, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff filed a complaint purporting to assert claims against Verizon, and an application to proceed in forma pauperis. Her complaint, however, fails to state a claim. I will give plaintiff a chance to amend her complaint before recommending dismissal. I will also grant plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 2, which makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(a)(1) and (2). Screening and Pleading Requirements A complaint must contain a short and plain statement that plaintiff is entitled to relief, Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2), and provide “enough facts to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face,” Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007). The plausibility standard does not require detailed allegations, but legal conclusions do not suffice. See…