Gause v. Hooks

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE DIVISION 3:20-cv-00507-MR WALTER TIMOTHY GAUSE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) ) ORDER ) ERIC HOOKS, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ___________________________ ) THIS MATTER is before the Court on initial review of Plaintiff’s Amended Complaint [Doc. 6], filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See

28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2); 1915A. Plaintiff is proceeding in forma pauperis. [Docs. 2, 8]. I. BACKGROUND Pro se Plaintiff Walter Timothy Gause (“Plaintiff”) is a prisoner of the State of North Carolina currently incarcerated at Marion Correctional…