Botkin
Lynch v. Botkin
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PAUL ANTHONY LYNCH Case No. 20cv460-MMA (KSC)
CDCR #BJ-9222,
ORDER DISMISSING CIVIL
Plaintiff, ACTION PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. vs. § 1915A(b)(1);
DENYING MOTION TO PROCEED MATTHEW BOTKIN, et al., IN FORMA PAUPERIS AS MOOT 16 Defendants. [Doc. No. 3] 18 Plaintiff Paul Anthony Lynch, currently incarcerated at the California State Prison Sacramento (“CSP”) in Represa, California and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Doc. No. 1. Plaintiff did not prepay the civil filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) when he filed his Complaint but did file a Motion to Proceed in Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). See Doc. No. 3. I. Sua Sponte Screening Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) The Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, obligates the Court to review…