Harrod

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 BRIAN DION LEWIS, No. 2:23-cv-01221 SCR P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

14 M. HARROD, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state inmate proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action 18 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the court is plaintiff’s first amended complaint (“FAC”) for 19 screening (ECF No. 17). For the reasons set forth below, the court finds plaintiff’s FAC fails to 20 state any cognizable claims and grants plaintiff leave to file a second amended complaint. 21 Also before the court is plaintiff’s motion for designee to stop misappropriating funds. 22 (ECF No. 20.) The court construes the filing as a motion for injunctive relief and recommends 23 that it be denied. 24 STATUTORY SCREENING OF PRISONER COMPLAINTS 25 The court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against “a 26 governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental…