Hudson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CIRON B. SPRINGFIELD, No. 2:22-cv-0328 DAD CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER P. HUDSON, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and seeking relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against three employees of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation: P. Hudson, S. Nguyen, and J. Smolinger. On November 4, 2022, the court screened plaintiff’s amended complaint as the court is required to do under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). Plaintiff’s amended complaint was dismissed with leave to file a second amended complaint. Plaintiff has now filed a second amended complaint. As plaintiff knows, 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…