(PC) Bowden v. California Department of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHANE MONROE BOWDEN, Case No. 1:19-cv-01769-JDP

Plaintiff, SCREENING ORDER

v. ECF No.

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

THAT CASE BE DISMISSED FOR FAILURE

CORRECTIONS, et al., TO STATE A CLAIM

Defendants. OBJECTIONS DUE IN THIRTY DAYS

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

ASSIGN CASE TO DISTRICT JUDGE

19 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action under 42 20 U.S.C. § 1983. On March 2, 2020, the court screened plaintiff’s first amended complaint and 21 found that he failed to state a claim. ECF No.16. Plaintiff filed a second amended complaint on 22 March 18, 2020. ECF No. 17. Plaintiff’s second amended complaint, like his first amended 23 complaint, fails to state a claim. 24 Section 1983 allows a private citizen to sue for the deprivation of a right secured by 25 federal law. See 42 U.S.C. §…