(PC) Ellis v. Kern County Sheriff Department

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

7 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 CHARLES ELLIS, SR., Case No. 1:22-cv-01209-SAB (PC) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT 11 TO RANDOMLY ASSIGN A DISTRICT v. JUDGE TO THIS ACTION 12

KERN COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

13 et al., RECOMMENDING DISMISSAL OF KERN

COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT

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16 17 Plaintiff Charles Ellis, Sr., is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights 18 action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 19 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s first amended complaint, filed November 7, 20 2022. 21 I. 22 SCREENING REQUIREMENT 23 The Court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a 24 governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). 25 The Court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the prisoner has raised claims that are 26 legally “frivolous…