Compton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 IVAN KILGORE, No. 2:17-cv-1560 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER R. COMPTON, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and California law. The complaint was originally filed in state court, and defendants removed it on July 27, 2017. ECF No. 1. The complaint was not screened pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A upon removal. The court now belatedly undertakes that task. I. Statutory Screening of Prisoner 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 “frivolous, malicious, or fail[] to state a claim upon which relief may be granted,” or that “seek[] monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief.”…