Cota

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALLEN HAMMLER, No. 2:19-cv-1423 JAM JDP P Plaintiff, v. ORDER E. COTA,et al. Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff proceeds without counsel in this action brought pursuant to42 U.S.C. § 1983. He has filed a second amended complaint (ECF No. 27) which the court must screen. I. Legal Standards Federal courts are required to screen 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 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). A pro se plaintiff, like other litigants, must satisfy the pleading requirements of Rule 8(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Rule 8(a)(2) “requires a complaint to include a…