Zeyaad

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 THOMAS TARBUTTON, Case No. 2:23-cv-02043-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, SCREENING ORDER FINDING THAT

THE COMPLAINT FAILS TO STATE A

v. COGNIZABLE CLAIM AND GRANTING

AN OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND

N. ZEYAAD, et al., ECF No. 1 Defendants.

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS

17 ECF Nos. 2 18 19 20 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, alleges that defendant Zeyaad and one John Doe defendant employed by the Sacramento Superior Court violated his rights by unlawfully interfering with a civil rights action he filed against the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (“DFPI”) in that court. ECF No. 1 at 11-14. He also sues another John Doe defendant, this one a supervisor with the DFPI, whom he alleges acted in concert with the defendants at the superior court. Id. at 13. Finally, plaintiff sues Alicia Boomer, a deputy California Attorney General, whom he alleges knew…