(PC) Bran v. Yuba County Jail

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GUILLERMO ALEXANDER BRAN, No. 2:19-CV-0631-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. ORDER YUBA COUNTY JAIL, et. al., Defendant. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court are Plaintiff’s complaint (ECF No. 1) and Plaintiff’s motion for appointment of counsel (ECF No. 12). Plaintiff alleges Defendants violated his rights under the Eighth Amendment, Fourth Amendment, Fourteenth Amendment, and First Amendment. 22 I. SCREENING REQUIREMENT AND STANDARD 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). The Court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if it: (1) is frivolous or malicious; (2) fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted; or (3) seeks monetary relief from a defendant who…