(PC)Candler

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 STEVEN RANAE GLENN CANDLER, Case No. 1:23-cv-00459-SAB (PC) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO RANDOMLY ASSIGN A DISTRICT v. JUDGE TO THIS ACTION 12 JOHN & JANE DOES, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS RECOMMENDING DISMISSAL OF Defendants. CERTAIN DOE DEFENDANTS 14 (ECF No. 10)

16 Plaintiff Steven Ranae Glenn Candler 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 19, 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…