(PC) Pratt v. Sacramento Protection Services

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EUGENE PRATT, JR., No. 2:22-cv-2117 KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

SACRAMENTO PROTECTION SERVICES, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff is a jail inmate, proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, with a civil rights suit 18 under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s amended complaint is before the court. As discussed below, 19 plaintiff’s amended complaint should be dismissed without prejudice. 20 Screening Standards 21 The court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a 22 governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The 23 court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the prisoner raised claims that are legally 24 “frivolous or malicious,” that fail to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, or that seek 25 monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such relief. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1), (2). 26 A claim is legally frivolous when it lacks an…