Lacebal

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 VENCIL C. GREEN, No. 2:21-cv-01636 JAM DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER VAL LACEBAL, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, an inmate proceeding pro se, seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff 17 claims defendants violated his First Amendment rights by retaliating against him for filing a 18 lawsuit. Plaintiff also claims defendants violated his Fourteenth Amendment equal protection 19 rights. Plaintiff has paid the full filing fee in this action. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s 20 complaint for screening. (ECF No. 1.) For the reasons set forth below, plaintiff will be given the 21 option to proceed on his cognizable claims or to be given leave to file an amended complaint.

SCREENING

I. Legal Standards

24 The court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a 25 governmental entity or an officer or employee of a governmental entity. See 28 U.S.C. § 26 1915A(a). The court must dismiss a complaint or…