Arnold

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DERIK NATHANIEL WALKER, No. 2:19-cv-0185 TLN AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER E. ARNOLD, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, seeks relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter has been referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. Now before this court is plaintiff’s first amended complaint (“FAC”). ECF No. 20. For the reasons stated below, plaintiff will be given a final opportunity to amend. 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[]…