Kernan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALLEN HAMMLER, ) Case No.: 1:19-cv-00497-DAD-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS v. ) RECOMMENDING DISMISSAL OF ACTION

FOR FAILURE TO STATE A COGNIZABLE

SCOTT KERNAN, et.al., ) CLAIM FOR RELIEF ) Defendants. ) [ECF No. 30] ) ) ) )

Plaintiff Allen Hammler is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s second amended complaint, filed on October 3, 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 26 …