Cates

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 RAYMOND E. PEYTON, Case No. 1:22-cv-00151-EPG Plaintiff, v. ORDER TO FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT BRIAN CATES, (ECF No. 1) Defendant. 15 Plaintiff Raymond Peyton is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action purportedly brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Defendant Brian Cates removed this action from the Kern County Superior Court on February 3, 2022. (ECF No. 1). Defendant has attached Plaintiff’s first amended complaint, which appears to be the operative complaint. The complaint itself is filed on a state court form, which lists most of the factual and legal allegations on a single page. (Id. at 297). However, also in the record is a “case management statement,” which, among other things, expands on the factual and legal allegations from the form complaint. The Court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity or officer or…