(PC) McCoy v. Sacramento County Jail

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEROME ELI MCCOY, No. 2:22-cv-01770 AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND SACRAMENTO COUNTY JAIL, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a former county inmate proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Currently pending before the court is plaintiff’s first amended complaint for screening. ECF No. 13. I. Screening Standard 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…