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Parties Involved:
Sergio Alvarez
Plaintiff
Harder Mechanical Contractors
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SERGIO ALVAREZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

HARDER MECHANICAL 

CONTRACTORS,

Defendant.

Case No. 1:23-cv-01162-BAM

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

APPLICATION TO PROCEED WITHOUT 

PREPAYMENT OF FEES OR COSTS

(Doc. 8)

Plaintiff Sergio Alvarez (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se, filed this action on August 4, 

2023. (Doc. 1.) Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee in this action and instead filed an application 

to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. (Doc. 2.) The Court subsequently 

ordered Plaintiff to complete a long form application to proceed in forma pauperis. (Doc. 7.) On 

August 25, 2023, Plaintiff filed a long form application to proceed in forma pauperis. (Doc. 8.) 

Plaintiff has made the showing required by section 1915(a), and accordingly, the request to 

proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).

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

proceeding in forma pauperis pursuant to Title 28 of the United States Code section 1915(e)(2). 

The Court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the action is legally “frivolous or 

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malicious,” fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief 

against a defendant who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B). As a result, no 

summons will 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 defendant. The Court will screen 

Plaintiff’s complaint in due course.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 29, 2023 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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