(PC) Rader v. County of Placer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JACOB RADER, No. 2:19-cv-1265 AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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COUNTY OF PLACER, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff is a former Placer County detainee, currently incarcerated in Virginia, who proceeds pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The original complaint was screened and found to state a claim for excessive force against two defendants, but no other claims against any other defendants. ECF No. 12. Plaintiff’s First Amendment Complaint, ECF No. 18, is now 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…