Jones

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL A. CRAIG, No. 2:22-cv-01874 DAD AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND GENA JONES, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner who filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 without a lawyer. He paid the filing fee after his motion to proceed in forma pauperis was denied on June 16, 2023. Plaintiff’s second amended complaint is now before the court for screening. ECF No. 25.1 Also pending before the court are plaintiff’s motion for a preliminary injunction, a motion to appoint counsel, and a motion for summary judgment. ECF Nos. 26-28. Each motion will be addressed in turn. //// //// 26 Before the court could screen the original or the first amended complaint filed in this case, plaintiff filed a second amended complaint that supersedes his prior filings. See Local Rule 220. As a result, the court will proceed to screen the second amended…