Eddie Shorty, Mississippi prisoner # 26507, proceeding pro se, appeals the dismissal of his pro se, in forma pauperis (IFP) civil rights complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i), § 1915(g). Shorty’s complaint alleged, inter alia, that the confiscation of his bedding for eighteen days and of his clothing for over two months in the winter of 2007, forcing him “to sleep on a concrete slab with only my shorts in the winter,” violated his rights under the Eighth Amendment.

Given the liberality to be afforded pro se pleadings and the absence of a Spears hearing or the like, we conclude that this sua sponte dismissal for failure to state a claim, without leave to amend, was error. See, e.g., Wilson v. Seiter, 501 U.S. 294, 111 S.Ct. 2321, 2326-27, 115 L.Ed.2d 271 (1991); Helling v. McKinney, 509 U.S. 25, 113 S.Ct. 2475, 2480, 125 L.Ed.2d 22 (1993).

The district court’s judgment is vacated and the cause is remanded for further proceedings not inconsistent herewith.

VACATED and REMANDED.