(PC) Foust v. California Medical Facility

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CARL FOUST, No. 2:21-CV-0540-DJC-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. ORDER CALIFORNIA MEDICAL FACILITY, et and al. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Defendants.

17 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court are Plaintiff's three separate filings, docketed respectively at ECF No. 99 as "Third Amended Complaint," at ECF No. 100 as "Fourth (entitled Third) Amended Complaint," and at ECF No. 103 as "Fifth (entitled Third) Amended Complaint." As explained below, the Court finds that Plaintiff's filing at ECF No. 100 is the operative amended complaint. The Court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). This provision also applies if the plaintiff was incarcerated at the time the…