(PC) Dunbar v. California Corrections Department

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EDDIE LAMAR DUNBAR, No. 2:19-cv-1359 JAM DB Plaintiff, v. ORDER CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, et al., 15 Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a county inmate proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims that officers used excessive force against him, denied him medical treatment, and threatened him. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s amended complaint for screening (ECF No. 1). For the reasons set forth below the court will dismiss the complaint with leave to amend. SCREENING I. Legal Standards The court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity or an officer or employee of a governmental entity. See 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 claim upon…