Leal

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE REYMUNDO LEAL, Case No. 1:19-cv-01267-LJO-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF LEAVE

TO FILE AN AMENDED COMPLAINT

v. (ECF No. 1) MALIA VANG, et al.,

THIRTY DAY DEADLINE

Defendants.

16 Jose Reymundo Leal (“Plaintiff”), a pretrial detainee proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s complaint, filed September 11, 2019. I. SCREENING REQUIREMENT The Court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The Court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the prisoner has raised claims that are legally “frivolous or malicious,” that “fail[] to state a claim on which relief may be granted,” or that “seek[] monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief.” 28 U.S.C. § 27 …