Pfeiffer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CEDRIC LYNN STRUGGS, 1:18-cv-01336-GSA-PC

Plaintiff, SCREENING ORDER

vs. ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT FOR

FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM AND

C. PFEIFFER, et al., VIOLATION OF RULE 18, WITH

LEAVE TO AMEND

Defendants. (ECF No. 1.)

THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE TO FILE

FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

18 I. BACKGROUND Cedric Lynn Struggs (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with this civil rights action pursuant to U.S.C. § 1983. On September 27, 2018, Plaintiff filed the Complaint commencing this action, which is now before the court for screening. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. (ECF No. 1.) II. 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…