Atkins v. Brown

NASHVILLE DIVISION ANTHONY ATKINS, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) Case No. 3:24-cv-00300 ) Judge Trauger AUSTIN BROWN, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER Anthony Atkins, while in pretrial detention at the Montgomery County Jail,1 filed a pro se civil rights Complaint under

42 U.S.C. § 1983

(Doc. No. 1) and an application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP). (Doc. No. 2.) The case is before the court for ruling on the plaintiff’s IFP application and initial review under the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA). I. APPLICATION TO PROCEED IFP A prisoner bringing a civil action may be…