(PC) Blackwell v. Jenkins

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RODNEY KARL BLACKWELL, No. 2:19-cv-0442 TLN DB P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 A. JENKINS, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 18 Plaintiff claims that defendants violated his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. 19 Presently before the court is plaintiff’s first amended complaint for screening. (ECF No. 22.) For 20 the reasons set forth below, the court will give plaintiff the option to proceed with the…