Carrol

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RONALD FOSTER, Case No. 1:19-cv-01474-SAB (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

RECOMMENDING DISMISSING

v. COMPLAINT AS NOT COGNIZABLE

UNDER SECTION 1983

L. CARROL, et al.,

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF THE

Defendants. COURT TO RANDOMLY ASSIGN

DISTRICT JUDGE

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OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN THIRTY

DAYS

19 Ronald Foster (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner, is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in 20 this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s 21 complaint, filed on October 17, 2019. 22 I.

SCREENING REQUIREMENT

24 The Court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a 25 governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). 26 The Court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the prisoner has raised claims that are 27 legally “frivolous or malicious,” that “fail[] to state a claim on which…