Ericson
(PC) Coffer v. Ericson
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JONATHAN CHRISTOPHER COFFER, No. 2:23-cv-2474 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER ERICSON, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner who filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 without a lawyer. On September 20, 2024, the court granted plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis, denied plaintiff’s motions for appointment of counsel, denied plaintiff’s motions for subpoenas as premature, found that plaintiff failed to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, and granted plaintiff leave to file an amended complaint. ECF No. 42 at 1-2, 6-9. Now pending before the court are plaintiff’s first amended complaint, requests for status, and motions for subpoenas and to appoint counsel. ECF Nos. 45-48, 50. For the reasons stated below, the court will (1) provide plaintiff the option to proceed on the cognizable claims the court has identified in Section VI below or amend the complaint, (2) grant plaintiff’s…