Gates
(PC) Page v. Gates
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JASON A. PAGE, Case No. 1:19-cv-01359-DAD-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER SCREENING PLAINTIFF’S
COMPLAINT, AND GRANTING PLAINTIFF
v. LEAVE TO FILE FIRST AMENDED
COMPLAINT
S. GATES, et al., (ECF No. 1) Defendants.
THIRTY (30) DAY DEADLINE
16 Plaintiff Jason A. Page is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court for screening is Plaintiff’s complaint, filed on September 26, 2019. (ECF No. 1.) 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 claim on which relief may be…