Gates

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JASON A. PAGE, Case No. 1:19-cv-01359-DAD-JDP

Plaintiff, SCREENING ORDER

v. ECF No.

S. GATES, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

THAT CASE BE DISMISSED FOR FAILURE

Defendants. TO STATE A CLAIM

OBJECTIONS DUE IN THIRTY DAYS

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On February 18, 2020, the court screened plaintiff’s complaint and found that he failed to state a claim. ECF No. 9. Plaintiff filed a first amended complaint on March 10, 2020. ECF No. 10. Plaintiff’s first amended complaint, like his original complaint, fails to state a claim. Section 1983 allows a private citizen to sue for the deprivation of a right secured by federal law. See 42 U.S.C. § 1983; Manuel v. City of Joliet, Ill., 137 S. Ct. 911, 916 (2017). To state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a plaintiff must (1)…