(PC) Tillman v. State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM TILLMAN, No. 2:22-cv-01997-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and removed to federal court. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff’s first two complaints were dismissed with leave to amend. ECF Nos. 4, 10. Plaintiff has filed a second amended complaint (ECF No. 11, “SAC”), which the court screens herein. The SAC names four defendants: the State of California and three officers at Mule Creek State Prison (“MCSP”): Drake, McNitt, and Nardy. SAC, ¶¶ 5-7. The allegations concerning the MCSP defendants are prefaced by allegations largely unrelated to the instant claims. SAC ¶¶ 10- 28. In relevant part, plaintiff alleges that defendant Sgt. Drake raped plaintiff in his cell on January 20, 2018 “with unknown other corrections officers assisting[.]” Id., ¶¶…