(PC) Parker v. Lynch

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MELVIN PARKER, No. 2:23-cv-0536 DAD DB P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 JEFF LYNCH, 15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. 18 §1983. Before the court are plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis and plaintiff’s 19 complaint for screening. For the reasons set forth below, this court grants plaintiff’s motion to 20 proceed in forma pauris, finds plaintiff states no plausible claims for relief, and dismisses the 21 complaint with leave to amend. 22 BACKGROUND 23 Plaintiff filed this action in March 2023 against one defendant, Warden Jeff Lynch. (ECF 24 No. 1.) On screening, this court found plaintiff alleged claims that were substantially similar to 25 claims plaintiff was attempting to raise in a prior case he filed in this court. (ECF No. 5.) This 26 court recommended this action be dismissed as duplicative. After issuance of those findings…