(PC) Cox v. Bal

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 12 ERNEST LEE COX, JR., No. 2:22-cv-00804-WBS-EFB (PC) 13 Plaintiff, 14 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 15 I. BAL., et al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 19 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff initiated this action on May 4, 2022 (ECF No. 1) and filed his First 20 Amended Complaint (FAC) on October 11, 2022. ECF No. 19. After screening the FAC, this 21 court found that plaintiff’s allegations stated a potentially cognizable Eighth…