(PC) Mitchell v. Gonzales

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 JOHN EDWARD MITCHELL, Case No. 1:23-cv-00062-SAB (PC) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO RANDOMLY ASSIGN A DISTRICT v. JUDGE TO THIS ACTION

C. GONZALES, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

RECOMMENDING DISMISSAL OF Defendants. RETALIATION CLAIM

(ECF No. 11)

16 Plaintiff John Edward Mitchell is proceeding pro se 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 14, 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…