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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEREK TATE,

Plaintiff,

v.

DIANA NAKASHYAN, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No.: 1:22-cv-00624 SKO (PC)

ORDER REGARDING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION FOR SCREENING

(Doc. 10)

Plaintiff Derek Tate is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this 

civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

Plaintiff filed a motion for screening on May 23, 2022. (Doc. 10.) Plaintiff “request(s) 

screening; of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 prisoner complaint ... for cognizable claims ... so that service 

of the complaint can be made on Defendants ... or amended so that Defendants can be served at a 

later time.” (Id.) 

Plaintiff is advised that no motion or request is necessary. The Court is required to screen 

complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity and/or an officer or 

employee of a governmental agency. 28 U.S.C. 1915A(a) (“The court shall review ... a complaint 

in a civil action in which a prisoner seeks redress ...” [emphasis added]). This Court is one of the 

busiest federal district courts in the nation and delays, unfortunately, are commonplace. It may be 

months before the undersigned issues a Screening Order addressing the claim or claims raised in 

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Plaintiff’s complaint, as numerous prisoner complaints remain pending screening on the 

undersigned’s docket. Plaintiff’s complaint will be screened in due course, and only after the 

Court has determined that Plaintiff has sufficiently pled a claim or claims upon which relief can 

be granted, will the Court order service of the complaint upon any named defendant. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 26, 2022 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto .

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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