Ierokormos

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WESLEY KESSLER, No. 2:19-cv-1738 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER ALEXANDER IEROKORMOS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims that he was denied adequate medical treatment following an injury to his jaw. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s amended complaint for screening (ECF No. 10). For the reasons set forth below the court will give plaintiff the opportunity to proceed with the complaint as screened or to amend the complaint. 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,”…