UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
RICHARD D. BASSETT, Case No.: 20-cv-0160-BAS-AGS CDCR #F-06286, (1) GRANTING MOTION TO Plaintiff, PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS [ECF No. 2]; v.
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I. MALVEDA, (2) SUA SPONTE DISMISSING Defendant. COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) AND § 1915A(b)(1) [ECF No. 1] 17 Richard D. Bassett (“Plaintiff”), incarcerated at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) located in San Diego, California, is proceeding pro se in this case with a civil rights Complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Compl., ECF No. 1). Plaintiff alleges Defendant Malveda used excessive force against him in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. (Id. at 3–5.) Plaintiff has not prepaid the $400 civil filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); instead, he has filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). (Mot. to Proceed IFP, ECF No.…