(PC) Todd v. Sacramento County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TREVOR TODD, No. 2:20-cv-1442 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SACRAMENTO COUNTY, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a county inmate proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges that defendants violated his rights under the First, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendments. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s first amended complaint for screening. (ECF No. 11.) For the reasons set forth below, the court will dismiss plaintiff’s first amended complaint with leave to file a second amended complaint. SCREENING I. Legal Standards The court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity or an officer or employee of a governmental entity. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the prisoner has raised claims that are legally…