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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 RAYSHUN CUNNINGHAM, ) Case No.: 1:22-cv-00306-JLT-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION v. ) RECOMMENDING DISMISSAL OF ACTION

FOR FAILURE TO STATE A COGNIZABLE

BIRD, et al., ) CLAIM FOR RELIEF ) Defendants. ) (ECF No. 1) ) ) ) 17 Plaintiff Rayshun Cunningham is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s complaint filed March 26, 2022. I. SCREENING REQUIREMENT The Court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The Court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the prisoner has raised claims that are legally “frivolous or malicious,” that “fail[] to state a claim on which relief…