Uzma

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DONALD JOSHUA SMITH, Case No. 2:24-cv-0683-TLN-JDP (P) Plaintiff, v. ORDER CHAUDHRY UZMA, et al., Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, brings this action alleging that defendants violated his Eighth Amendment rights by failing to provide him with adequate medical care. I found that his first complaint failed to state a cognizable claim because it did not allege that defendants acted with deliberate indifference. ECF No. 7. He has filed an amended complaint, ECF No. 10, that, for screening purposes, states cognizable Eighth Amendment medical care claims against defendants Uzma and Gill. It fails, however, to state a cognizable claim against Warden Gena Jones. Plaintiff may either proceed only with the claims deemed viable or delay service and file another amended complaint.

27 28 Screening Order I. Screening and Pleading Requirements A federal court must screen a…