Neuschmid

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 MARION CHILLIS, No. 2:19-cv-0530-KJM-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER ROBERT NEUSCHMID, et al. Defendants. 15 Plaintiff proceeds without counsel in this action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The court previously dismissed plaintiff’s initial complaint with leave to amend, finding that it failed, for screening purposes, to state a valid claim. ECF No. 10. Plaintiff filed an amended complaint, ECF No. 13, and for the reasons stated below, it also fails to state a cognizable claim. Screening I. Legal Standards Pursuant to § 1915(e)(2), the court must dismiss the case at any time if it determines the allegation of poverty is untrue, or if the action is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief against an immune defendant. Although pro se pleadings are liberally construed, see Haines v. Kerner, 404 U.S. 519, 26 …