Eldridge

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RANDALL ZACKERY, No. 2:20-cv-0018-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER LAURA ELDRIDGE, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel and in forma pauperis in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. After two dismissals by the court (ECF Nos. 7 & 11), plaintiff has filed a second amended complaint (ECF No. 16), which the court must screen. Congress mandates that district courts engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The court must identify cognizable claims or dismiss the complaint, or any portion of the complaint, if the complaint “is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted,” or “seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief.” Id. § 1915A(b). The court analyzed plaintiff’s original…