Payan

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JARVONNE JONES, No. 2:25-cv-1449-DMC-P Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER

A. PAYAN, et al.,

15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s original complaint filed in state court and removed by Defendants based on federal question jurisdiction. See ECF No. 1 (Notice of Removal). Also before the Court is Defendants’ request for screening of the complaint. See ECF No. 2. 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 action was initiated even if the litigant was subsequently released from custody. See Olivas v. Nevada ex rel. Dep’t of Corr., 856 F.3d 1281, 1282 (9th Cir. 2017). The Court must dismiss a complaint…