Barbour

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEAN MARC VAN DEN HEUVEL, Case No. 2:23-cv-00021-DAD-JDP (PS) Plaintiff, ORDER SCREENING PLAINTIFF’S FIRST

AMENDED COMPLAINT, GRANTING

v. PLAINTIFF’S APPLICATION TO PROCEED

IN FORMA PAUPERIS, AND DISCHARGING

TRACY BARBOUR, THE COURT’S JUNE 9, 2023 ORDER TO

SHOW CAUSE

Defendant. ECF Nos. 4, 5, & 6

17 Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint asserting claims against Tracy Barbour, an employee at the Placerville Courthouse, together with an application to proceed in forma pauperis. His complaint, however, fails to state a claim. I will grant plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 6, 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…