Barnes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTOINE DESHAWN BARNES, Case No. 1:20-cv-00389-DAD-SAB

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

RECOMMENDING DISMISSING CERTAIN

v. CLAIMS

W. YAND, et al., (ECF No. 9)

Defendants. OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN THIRTY

DAYS

16 Antoine Deshawn Barnes (“Plaintiff) is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s first amended complaint, filed on April 14, 2020. 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 granted,” or that “seek[] monetary relief against a…