Allen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTHONY C. HERNANDEZ, No. 2:20-cv-1661 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER ALLEN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state inmate proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s complaint for screening. (ECF No. 1.) For the reasons set forth below the court will dismiss the complaint with leave to amend. The court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). However, the court cannot conduct the required screening because the complaint is illegible. It appears that plaintiff has submitted a photocopied version of the complaint and on nearly every page the contents are too faint to read. Therefore, the court will dismiss the complaint and direct plaintiff to file an amended complaint that is legible. The federal rules…