(PC) McCoy v. Sacramento Jail Mental Health Services

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEROME ELI MCCOY, No. 2:19-cv-1092 AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER SACRAMENTO JAIL MENTAL

HEALTH SERVICES,

15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff is a former Sacramento County detainee and current state prisoner who proceeds pro se and in forma pauperis, and seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Second Amended Complaint, ECF No. 15, is before the court for screening. I. Statutory Screening of Prisoner Complaints 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 arguable…