(PC) Dresdner v. Sacramento County Jail

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHERYL D. DRESDNER, No. 2:23-cv-2038 KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SACRAMENTO COUNTY JAIL AND

SHERIFFS,

15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff proceeds pro se and alleges wrongful death of an unidentified inmate while incarcerated in the Sacramento County Main Jail. Plaintiff seeks relief under the Eighth Amendment based on federal question jurisdiction and requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Plaintiff submitted a declaration that makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. The determination that a plaintiff may proceed in forma pauperis does not complete the required inquiry. The court is also required to screen complaints brought by parties proceeding in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2); see also Calhoun v. Stahl, 254 F.3d…