(PC) Allen v. California Department of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JOHN ALDON ALLEN, Case No. 1:23-cv-00213-SAB (PC) 10 Plaintiff, SCREENING ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF LEAVE TO FILE AN v. AMENDED COMPLAINT 12 CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF (ECF No. 1) CORRECTIONS, et al., Defendants.

16 Plaintiff John Aldon Allen 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 complaint, filed February 13, 2023. 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 claim on which relief may be granted,” or that “seek[] monetary relief against a defendant…