(PS) Van Den Heuvel v. Gold Key Storage

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEAN MARC VAN DEN HEUVEL, No. 2:24-cv-00835-TLN-CKD PS 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER AND

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

GOLD KEY STORAGE, et al.,

Defendants.

17 Plaintiff proceeds pro se in this action, which was referred to the undersigned by Local Rule 302(c)(21). Plaintiff’s complaint is before the court for screening. Plaintiff seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 2.) Plaintiff’s application makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915. The request is granted. I. SCREENING REQUIREMENT Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e), the court must screen every in forma pauperis proceeding, and must order dismissal of the case if it is “frivolous or malicious,” “fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted,” or “seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B); Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1126-27 (2000). A claim is legally frivolous when it lacks an arguable basis either in law or in fact. 28 …