(PC) Blackwell v. Covello

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. 2:20-cv-1755 DB P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 PATRICK COVELLO, Warden, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a civil rights 18 action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims defendant has failed to provide a prison 19 environment that protects inmates from contracting COVID-19. The court dismissed plaintiff’s 20 original complaint because he failed to allege sufficient facts to state a cognizable claim…