Torfason

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 || JAMES PAUL ANDREW TORFASON, Case No. 3:22-cv-00680-JO-AHG CDCR #BM9887, Plaintiff,| ORDER:

VS. (1) GRANTING MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

|| DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY, || INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, (2) DISMISSING COMPLAINT Defendants.) PURUSANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) and 1915A(b)(1) 18 Plaintiff James Paul Andrew Torfason (“Plaintiff’ or “Torfason’”) is a state prisone incarcerated at R.J. Donovan State Prison (“RJD”). Proceeding pro se, he filed a civil right |laction pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Compl., ECF No. 1. Plaintiff also filed a Motio 22 || for Leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP’’) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). See EC 23 || No. 2. For the reasons stated below, the Court grants Plaintiffs motion to proceed IFP bu 24 || dismisses his complaint with leave to amend. I. Motion to Proceed IFP 26…