(PC)Witkin v. Snelling

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MICHAEL AARON WITKIN, No. 2:21-cv-02181 DAD AC 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 C. SNELLING, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a former state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil 18 rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s first amended complaint is before the 19 court for screening. ECF No. 19. 20 I. Statutory Screening of Prisoner Complaints 21 As plaintiff was previously advised, the court is required to screen complaints brought by 22 prisoners…