Ables

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANDRE RAMON CRAVER No. 2:22-cv-2144 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

L. ABLES, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The original complaint was screened and found to not state a claim for relief. ECF No. 5. Plaintiff was given an opportunity to amend the complaint and has now filed a first amended complaint. ECF No. 8. I. Statutory Screening of Prisoner Complaints 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 “frivolous, malicious, or fail[] to state a claim upon which relief may be granted,” or that “seek[] monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such…