Solorio

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 TOMMY GABRIEL PONCE, JR., Case No. 1:22-cv-01012-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

TO RANDOMLY ASSIGN A DISTRICT

v. JUDGE TO THIS ACTION M.SOLORIO, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION

RECOMMENDING DISMISSAL OF

Defendants. ACTION FOR FAILURE TO STATE A

COGNIZABLE CLAIM FOR RELIEF

15 (ECF No. 14) 16 Plaintiff Tommy Gabriel Ponce, Jr., 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 October 14, 2022. (ECF No. 14.) 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…