(PS) Ackers v. California Employment Development Department

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GREGORY ACKERS, No. 2:21-cv-00244 JAM AC PS Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, and GAVIN NEWSOM, Defendants. 17 Plaintiff is proceeding in this action pro se. The case was accordingly referred to the undersigned by E.D. Cal. 302(c)(21). Plaintiff was previously granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(1). Plaintiff’s initial complaint was rejected with leave to amend. ECF No. 4. Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint is now before the court for screening. The undersigned recommends it be dismissed without further leave to amend. I. SCREENING The federal IFP statute requires federal courts to dismiss a case if the action is legally “frivolous or malicious,” fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. 28…