Baldwin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EDWARD JONES, No. 2:17-cv-2559-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

C. BALDWIN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel and in forma pauperis in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. After dismissal of the original complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A (ECF No. 11), plaintiff filed a first amended complaint and a substantially similar second amended complaint, accompanied by a “memorandum” (ECF Nos. 14, 16, 17). On April 30, 2019, the court screened plaintiff’s filings, deemed them deficient, and dismissed them with leave to amend. ECF No. 20. Now, plaintiff has filed another “amended complaint” (ECF No. 21) and the court must screen it. Congress mandates that district courts engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. §…