Freas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEAN MARC VAN DEN HEUVEL, No. 2:20-cv-00352-TLN-CKD PS Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS EDDIE FREAS et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is proceeding in this action pro se. The court previously granted plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis and dismissed plaintiff’s complaint with leave to amend. (ECF No. 4.) Plaintiff subsequently filed an amended complaint, which the court again dismissed with leave to amend. (ECF Nos. 5, 7.) Plaintiff has since filed a Second Amended Complaint and a Third Amended Complaint. For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned recommends dismissing plaintiff’s complaint without leave to amend. The federal in forma pauperis statute authorizes federal courts to dismiss a case if the action is legally “frivolous or malicious,” fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. §…