(PS) Stevens v. County of Neveda

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JERAMY MICHAEL STEVENS, No. 2:23-cv-01830-KJM-CKD (PS) Plaintiffs, 13 v. ORDER 14 COUNTY OF NEVADA, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 Plaintiff, Jeramy Michael Stevens, proceeds without counsel1 and seeks relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s first amended complaint is before the court for screening. (ECF No. 8.) The amended complaint remedies a major defect of the original complaint in that it adequately identifies who is being sued for what. However, for the reasons set forth below, the amended complaint fails to state a claim. Plaintiff is granted leave to file a further amended complaint. I. SCREENING REQUIREMENT Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e), the court must screen every in forma pauperis proceeding, and must order dismissal of the case if it is “frivolous or malicious,” “fails to state a claim on which relief may be granted,” or “seeks monetary relief against a defendant who is 27 1 Because plaintiff proceeds without counsel, this action is…