Phillips

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STEPHEN HOUK, Case No.: 1:23-cv-01540-SKO (PC) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DISMISS CERTAIN CLAIMS AND

v. DEFENDANT ALVA FOLLOWING

SCREENING

BRYAN D. PHILLIPS, Warden, et al., 14-DAY OBJECTION PERIOD Defendants. Clerk of the Court to Assign District Judge

Plaintiff Stephen Houk is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. I. INTRODUCTION Following screening of Plaintiff’s first amended complaint, the Court found Plaintiff stated a plausible Eighth Amendment failure to protect claim against Defendant Alvarado-Torres; Plaintiff, however, failed to allege any other cognizable claim against any other defendant. (Doc. 8.) Plaintiff was directed to do one of the following: (1) notify the Court in writing that he did not wish to file a second amended complaint and was willing to proceed only on the Eighth Amendment failure to protect…