Hampton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LANCE WILLIAMS, Case No.: 3:19-cv-1332-CAB-WVG

CDCR #AG-2394,

ORDER:

Plaintiff, 13 vs. 1) GRANTING MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

SERGEANT HAMPTON, et al., [ECF No. 2] Defendants.

AND

17 2) DISMISSING CLAIMS AND

DEFENDANTS FOR FAILING TO

STATE A CLAIM UPON WHICH

RELIEF MAY BE GRANTED

20 21 I. Procedural Background Lance Williams (“Plaintiff”), a prisoner incarcerated at California Men’s Colony located in San Luis Obispo, California, and proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on July 17, 2019. (See Compl., ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff did not prepay the civil filing fee required to commence a civil action at the time he filed his Complaint; instead, he filed a certified copy of his prison trust account statement which 28 the Court liberally construed as a Motion for Leave to proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a) (ECF…