(PC) McCoy v. Sacramento County Jail

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JEROME ELI MCCOY, No. 2:22-cv-01770 AC 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER AND 14 SACRAMENTO COUNTY JAIL, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 Plaintiff is a former county inmate proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed 19 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 20 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Currently pending before the court is plaintiff’s first amended 21 complaint for screening. ECF No. 13. 22 I. Screening Standard 23 The court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against “a 24 governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental entity.” 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). 25 The court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the prisoner has raised claims that are 26 “frivolous, malicious, or fail[] to state a claim upon which relief may be granted,” or that “seek[] 27 monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such…