(PC) Callins v. Mason

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CARLTON RAY CALLINS, Case No. 1:22-cv-00603-SAB (PC)

Plaintiff,

SECOND SCREENING ORDER

v. GRANTING PLAINTIFF LEAVE TO FILE

A SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT OR

C. MASON, et al., NOTIFY THE COURT OF INTENT TO

PROCEED ON CLAIMS FOUND TO BE

Defendants. COGNIZABLE

(ECF No. 14)

16 Plaintiff Carlton Ray Callins is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s first amended complaint, filed September 21, 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…