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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOHN W. WILLIAMS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF 

CORRECTIONS AND 

REHABILITATION, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:15-cv-1057-JAM-EFB P 

ORDER SCREENING COMPLAINT 

PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. §1915A 

 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil action. He has paid the filing 

fee. Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek 

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 complaint “is frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim upon which 

relief may be granted,” or “seeks monetary relief from a defendant who is immune from such 

relief.” Id. § 1915A(b). The court has reviewed the complaint (ECF No. 1) and for the limited 

purposes of § 1915A screening and liberally construed, finds that it states potentially cognizable 

claims against all defendants under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act and section 504 

of the Rehabilitation Act. 

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 Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that: 

1. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, the complaint states potentially cognizable 

claims against all defendants under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities 

Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. 

2. The Clerk of the Court shall issue a summons and new case civil documents. 

DATED: June 8, 2015. 

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