(PC) Stevens v. Smith

gg 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LYRALISA LAVENA STEVENS, ) Case No.: 1:22-cv-00741-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) SCREENING ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF v. ) LEAVE TO FILE AN AMENDED COMPLAINT

S. SMITH, et al., ) (ECF No. 1) )

Defendants. ) ) ) ) )

Plaintiff Lyralisa Lavena Stevens is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s complaint, filed June 17, 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…