Reddy

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRISTOPHER LIPSEY, Jr., No. 2:17-cv-1434-KJM-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

REDDY, et al. Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. After filing his fourth amended complaint – which was served on Ortiz, Smith, and Reddy - defendants moved for judgment on the pleadings as to plaintiff’s California Government Claims Act, arguing that he had failed to allege compliance with the claim- presentation requirements of that act. ECF No. 42. Plaintiff then moved to allege such compliance by way of a fifth amended complaint. ECF Nos. 43 & 45. Thus, the court recommended that defendants’ motion for judgment on the pleadings be denied as moot and ordered that fifth amended complaint be docketed. ECF No. 46. The court must now screen the fifth amended complaint (ECF No. 47). Screening Requirements …