O'Brien

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 AYALNEH DILNESSA, Case No. 2:24-cv-00271-JDP (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER 13 v. GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S APPLICATION

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND

14 KELLY S. O’BRIEN, et al., GRANTING LEAVE TO AMEND HER

COMPLAINT

15 Defendants. ECF No. 7 16

AMENDED COMPLAINT DUE WITHIN

17 THIRTY DAYS 18 19 Plaintiff, a former patient at Napa State Hospital, brings this case alleging that defendants 20 had some uncertain involvement in the murder of her daughter. ECF No. 5 at 6. The complaint 21 does not meet federal pleading standards, and I will give her an opportunity to amend and remedy 22 this deficiency. I will also grant plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 7. 23

I. Legal Standards

24 A federal court must screen the complaint of any claimant seeking permission to proceed 25 in forma pauperis. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e). The court must identify any cognizable claims and 26 dismiss any portion of the…