(PC) Montgomery v. Madera Department of Corrections
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PAULINE MONTGOMERY, No. 1:23-cv-00919-SAB (PC) Plaintiff, SECOND SCREENING ORDER GRANTING
PLAINTIFF ONE FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO
v. AMEND THE COMPLAINT MADERA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS, et (ECF No. 9) al., 15 Defendants.
17 Plaintiff is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant 18 to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 19 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s first amended complaint, filed August 9, 2023. 20 I.
SCREENING REQUIREMENT
22 The Court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a 23 governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The 24 Court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the prisoner has raised claims that are legally 25 “frivolous or malicious,” that “fail[] to state a claim on which relief may be granted,” or that “seek[] 26 monetary relief against a defendant who is immune from such relief.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B); 27 see also 28 U.S.C. §…