Shmary

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AKIVA AVIKAIDA ISRAEL, No. 2:21-cv-0262-TLN-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER RABBI SHMARY, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. She has filed a second amended complaint (ECF No. 26)1 which the court must screen.2 In the second amended complaint, plaintiff alleges that Shmaryahu Brownstein (“Rabbi Shmary”), Lance Eshelman (Shmary’s supervisor), and Religious Review Committee Members Imam Muhammed, M. Safanov, Alex Lainez, Charles Richey, and Michael Lee, unreasonably 23 1 Plaintiff also filed a request for extension of time to file the complaint (ECF No. 27). That request is denied as unnecessary, as plaintiff timely filed the second amended complaint.

2 Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. §…