Ebert

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BENJAMIN ROBERT GALLEGOS, Case No. 2:24-cv-01676-DJC-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER v. GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S APPLICATION

TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

B. EBERT, et al., ECF No. 2 Defendants.

SCREENING ORDER

FINDING THAT THE COMPLAINT

STATES A COGNIZABLE FIRST

AMENDMENT CLAIM AGAINST

DEFENDANT EBERT BUT FAILS TO

STATE ANY OTHER VIABLE CLAIM

DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO DECIDE

WHETHER TO PURSUE THE LONE

VIABLE CLAIM OR FILE AN AMENDED

COMPLAINT ECF No. 1 23 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, brings this action against several defendants and alleges that defendant Ebert retaliated against him for a lawsuit against her by frustrating his access to the courts. ECF No. 1 at 4. He also alleges that defendants Ngaya and Inconelli mishandled his grievances concerning Ebert’s…