Singh

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DONALD JOSHUA SMITH, No. 2:20-cv-101-TLN-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER DHARMYIR SINGH, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, proceeds without counsel in this action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The court dismissed plaintiff’s initial complaint (ECF No. 8) on screening after determining that it impermissibly joined multiple, unrelated claims against more than one defendant. ECF No. 11. Plaintiff was given leave to amend and he has now submitted an amended complaint (ECF No. 18) which the court must screen. Screening I. Legal Standards Pursuant to § 1915(e)(2), the court must dismiss the case at any time if it determines the allegation of poverty is untrue, or if the action is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief against an immune defendant. Although pro se pleadings are liberally…