Warden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SCOTT R. PRICE, No. 2:23-cv-1229 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER WARDEN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a county jail inmate proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. §1983 and a request to proceed in forma pauperis. Plaintiff has also filed a motion for an evidentiary hearing. For the reasons set forth below, plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis is granted, the complaint is dismissed with leave to amend, and the request for an evidentiary hearing is denied. IN FORMA PAUPERIS Plaintiff has submitted a declaration that makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. §1915(a). Accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. Plaintiff is required to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. 28 U.S.C. §§1914(a), 1915(b)(1). By this order, plaintiff will be assessed an initial partial filing fee in accordance with the…