(PC) Hymes v. Sacramento County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SCANVINSKI HYMES, No. 2:19-cv-0750 JAM AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SACRAMENTO COUNTY, et al., Defendants. 16 I. Introduction Plaintiff, who was previously detained in the Sacramento County Jail, proceeds with counsel in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff paid the filing fee. This order screens plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, and directs plaintiff to timely serve process on the appropriate defendants. II. Screening of Plaintiff’s Complaint A. Legal Standards for Screening Prisoner Civil Rights Complaints 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…