Owolabi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

7 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 DESHUN BOWERS, Case No. 1:23-cv-00687-SAB (PC) 10 Plaintiff, SCREENING ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF LEAVE TO FILE AN v. AMENDED COMPLAINT 12 DR. OLUFEMI OWOLABI, et al., (ECF No. 1) 13 Defendants.

15 Plaintiff DeShun Bowers is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s complaint, filed May 4, 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 from such relief.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B);…