Covello

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES RANDLE, No. 2:19-cv-2615-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SCREENING AMENDED

COMPLAINT

PATRICK COVELLO, Warden, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The court previously screened plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a) and dismissed it with leave to amend. ECF No. 7. Now before the court for screening is plaintiff’s amended complaint. ECF No. 10. Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The court must identify cognizable claims or dismiss the complaint, or any portion of the complaint, if the complaint “is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted,” or “seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such 26 …