(PC) Ellis v. Williams

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BENJAMIN F. ELLIS, No. 2:23-cv-1962 WBS SCR P Plaintiff, v. ORDER GABRIEL WILLIAMS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. §1983. Before the court are plaintiff’s complaint for screening and plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis. For the reasons set forth below, this court grants plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis, finds plaintiff states cognizable Eighth Amendment and negligence claims against defendant Williams, and finds plaintiff states no other cognizable claims for relief. Plaintiff will be given the choice of proceeding immediately on the claims found cognizable, and dismissing the other claims and defendants, or amending the complaint. IN FORMA PAUPERIS Plaintiff has submitted a declaration that makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. §1915(a). Accordingly, the request to proceed in…