Michelle

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RONALD EUGENE JAMES, Case No. 2:24-cv-01770-DAD-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, SCREENING ORDER v. FINDING THAT THE FIRST AMENDED

COMPLAINT FAILS TO STATE A

MICHELLE, et al., COGNIZABLE CLAIM AND GRANTING

A FINAL OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND

Defendants. ECF No. 8 16 17 18 Plaintiff, an inmate in the Sacramento County Jail, brings this action against defendant Michelle, a nurse at the jail, and an unknown physician. ECF No. 8 at 1. He alleges that these defendants violated his Fourteenth Amendment right as a pretrial detainee to adequate medical care. Plaintiff fails to state a cognizable claim, however, because he does not allege that he suffered any specific injury because of defendants’ allegedly inadequate care. Screening Order I. Screening and Pleading Requirements A federal court must screen the complaint of any claimant seeking permission to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28…