Overstreet
(PC) Brownlee v. Overstreet
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BENJAMIN JUSTIN BROWNLEE No. 2:21-CV-00610-DAD-DMC-P Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER
J. OVERSTREET,
15 Defendant.
17 Plaintiffs Brownlee and White1, prisoners proceeding pro se, bring this civil rights 18 action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ second amended 19 complaint, ECF No. 18. 20 The Court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief 21 against a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. See 28 U.S.C. 22 § 1915A(a). The Court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if it: (1) is frivolous or 23 malicious; (2) fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted; or (3) seeks monetary relief 24 from a defendant who is immune from such relief. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1), (2). Moreover,
It appears two Plaintiffs bring this action on behalf of themselves: Plaintiff Benjamin Justin Brownlee and Plaintiff Tumajay Acconnie White. See ECF No. 18, pgs. 1-2. Both Plaintiffs were…