(PC) Cunningham v. Sacramento County Sheriff's Office

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROBERT CUNNINGHAM, No. 2:23-cv-00270-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff is a county jail inmate proceeding without counsel and in forma pauperis in an 18 action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. After the court dismissed the original complaint pursuant 19 to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A for failure to state a claim, plaintiff was granted leave to file an amended 20 complaint in an attempt to state a cognizable claim. ECF No. 7. Plaintiff has now filed an 21 amended complaint (ECF No. 9), which the court screens herein.1 22 As in the original complaint, plaintiff purports to bring an Eighth Amendment claim of 23 24 1 Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek 25 redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). The court must identify cognizable claims or dismiss the complaint, or any portion of the complaint, if the…