Ortiz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE ORTIZ, Case No. 1:19-cv-01416-AWI-SAB

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

RECOMMENDING DISMISSING

v. COMPLAINT WITHOUT LEAVE TO

AMEND FOR FAILURE TO STATE A

FANNY ORTIZ, et al., CLAIM

Defendants. (ECF No. 1)

OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN THIRTY

DAYS

17 Jose Ortiz (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner, 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 complaint, filed on October 8, 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…