Dowbak

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LANCE ALYN BENSON, No. 2:21-cv-1650 WBS AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER JOHN DOWBAK, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the court is plaintiff’s first amended complaint. ECF No. 35. Also before the court are plaintiff’s motions for a court order requiring defendants to respond to the complaint and to compel discovery. ECF Nos. 36, 37. I. Statutory Screening of Prisoner Complaints 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 “frivolous, malicious, or fail[] to state a claim upon which relief may be granted,” or that “seek[] monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief.” 28…