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Parties Involved:
Kim Craddock
Defendant
Tara Johnson
Defendant
Samuel Leach
Defendant
Donald Lee Tarrance
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DONALD LEE TARRANCE,

Plaintiff,

v.

TARA JOHNSON; KIM CRADDOCK; 

and SAMUEL LEACH,

Defendants.

15-cv-858 --- BAM

ORDER GRANTING IFP

(Doc. 2)

Plaintiff, Donald Lee Tarrance (“Plaintiff”), filed a complaint on June 8, 2015, and an 

application to proceed in forma pauperis on that same day. (Docs. 1 and 2). Plaintiff has made 

the required showing pursuant to 28 USC § 1915(a). Accordingly, the request to proceed in 

forma pauperis is GRANTED. 

Additionally, Plaintiff is advised that the Court is required to screen complaints of pro se 

litigants pursuant to Title 28 of the United States Code section 1915A(a). The Court must 

dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the litigant has raised claims that are legally “frivolous 

or malicious,” that fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or that seek monetary 

relief from a defendant(s) who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1)&(2). As a 

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result, summonses will not issue at this time. The Court will direct the United States Marshal to 

serve Plaintiff’s complaint only after the Court has screened the complaint and determined that it 

contains cognizable claims for relief against the named defendants. The Court has a large number 

of such cases pending before it and will screen Plaintiff’s complaint in due course. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 15, 2015 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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