Valdez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 EDWARD B. SPENCER, Case No. 1:23-cv-00357-JLT SAB (PC) 10 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDING DISMISSAL OF STATE v. LAW CLAIMS

L. VALDEZ, et al., (ECF No. 13)

13 Defendants.

15 Plaintiff Edward B. Spencer 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 first amended complaint, filed April 24, 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 who is immune…