(PS) Reedy v. State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JUSTIN G. REEDY, No. 2:21-cv-0223-TLN-CKD (PS) Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING SERVICE v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO

DISMISS CLAIMS AGAINST DEFENDANT

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., NEWSOM Defendants. (ECF No. 9)

16 Plaintiff proceeds pro se and in forma pauperis and seeks relief under 42 U.S.C. section 1983. Plaintiff’s second amended complaint is before the court for screening. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B). Liberally construing the complaint, the court cannot conclude for screening purposes that the complaint is frivolous, fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted, or seeks monetary relief from an immune defendant except as to defendant Gavin Newsom, Governor of the State of California, sued in his individual and official capacities. As to the individual capacity claims against Governor Newsom, plaintiff fails to allege an affirmative link between Newsom’s conduct and the alleged…