Massey

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JASON MCCOY, No. 2:18-cv-2180 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SKY MASSEY, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The case is referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. The Second Amended Complaint, ECF No. 16, is before the court for screening. I. SCREENING REQUIREMENT The court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the prisoner has raised claims that are “frivolous, malicious, or fail[] to state a claim upon which relief may be granted,” or that “seek[] monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b). A claim “is [legally] frivolous where it lacks an…