(PC) Mitchell v. Gonzales

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN EDWARD MITCHELL, Case No. 1:23-cv-00062-SAB (PC)

Plaintiff, SCREENING ORDER GRANTING

PLAINTIFF LEAVE TO FILE AN

v. AMENDED COMPLAINT

C. GONZALES, et al., (ECF No. 1) Defendants.

13 Plaintiff John Edward Mitchell is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant 14 to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 15 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s complaint, filed January 6, 2023. (ECF No. 1.) 16 On March 15, 2023, Plaintiff paid the filing fee for this action. 17 I.

SCREENING REQUIREMENT

19 The Court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a 20 governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The 21 Court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the prisoner has raised claims that are legally 22 “frivolous or malicious,” that “fail[] to state a claim on which relief may be granted,” or that 23 “seek[] monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief.” 28 U.S.C. § 24 1915(e)(2)(B); see…