(PC) Shropshire v. El Dorado Co. Sheriff Office
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RYAN NEIL SHROPSHIRE No. 2:20-CV-0192-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. ORDER EL DORADO CO. SHERIFF OFFICE, et al., 15 Defendants.
17 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. 18 § 1983. Before the Court is Plaintiff’s first amended complaint. ECF No. 13. Plaintiff’s amended 19 complaint appears to be incomplete. The Court will grant Plaintiff leave to amend.
I. SCREENING REQUIREMENT
21 The Court must screen complaints from prisoners seeking relief against a 22 governmental entity, officer, or employee. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The court must identify any 23 cognizable claims and dismiss any portion of the complaint that is frivolous or malicious, fails to 24 state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is 25 immune from such relief. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1), (2). 26 A complaint must contain a short and plain statement of the claim that a plaintiff is 27 entitled to relief. Fed.…