(PC) Walker v. Salinas Valley Prison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEVIN D. WALKER, Case No. 1:20-cv-00546-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

TO DENY PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

v.

SUMMARY JUDGMENT AS PREMATURE

SALINAS VALLEY PRISON, et al., (Doc. 9) Defendants. 14-DAY DEADLINE

Clerk of the Court to Assign a District Judge

Plaintiff has filed a motion for summary judgment. (Doc. 9.) Plaintiff is appearing pro se and his complaint is subject to screening. The Court has not yet screened the complaint and no defendants have appeared in this action. As explained in the Court’s First Informational Order, per 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, 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. (Doc. 3 at 3.) A pro se plaintiff may not proceed with such a legal action until the Court screens the plaintiff’s complaint and finds that it states a cognizable claim for relief. (Id.) Because Plaintiff is a…