Butler v. Classification Deputy

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEPHON BUTLER Case No.: 22-cv-690-MMA (DEB) Inmate #22709674,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

Plaintiff, PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS; AND vs. 14 [Doc. No. 2]

SAN DIEGO SHERIFF’S

15 DEPARTMENT, et al.,

DISMISSING COMPLAINT FOR

Defendants. FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2)(B) AND 1915A(b)(1) 18 19 Plaintiff Stephon Butler (“Plaintiff” or “Butler”), currently housed at the Vista Detention Facility (“VDF”), located in Vista, 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 pay the filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) to commence a civil action; instead, he filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). See Doc. No. 2. I. MOTION TO PROCEED IFP All parties instituting any civil action, suit or proceeding in a district court…