(PC) Soto v. California Health Care Facility

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ABELARDO SOTO, No. 2:23-cv-00918-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE FACILITY, et al., 14 Defendants. 15 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In addition to filing a complaint, plaintiff filed an application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2) and a request for the appointment of counsel (ECF No. 3). The court grants the request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, dismisses the complaint with leave to amend, and denies the request for appointment of counsel. Application to Proceed in Forma Pauperis The court has reviewed plaintiff’s application and finds that it makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1) and (2). Accordingly, by separate order, the court directs the agency having custody of plaintiff to collect and forward the appropriate monthly payments for the filing fee as set forth in 28 U.S.C. §…