Pfieffer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 NATHANIEL REESE, Case No. 1:24-cv-00400-CDB (PC)

Plaintiff,

FIRST SCREENING ORDER REQUIRING

v. RESPONSE FROM PLAINTIFF

C. PFIEFFER, et al., (Doc. 1)

Defendants. 21-DAY DEADLINE

16 Plaintiff Nathaniel Reese is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff initiated this action with the filing of a complaint on April 4, 2024. (Doc. 1). Plaintiff asserts claims for violations of his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment against Defendants Kern Valley State Prison (“KVSP”) and KVSP Warden C. Pfieffer (“Warden”) (collectively, “Defendants”) when he was assaulted by an inmate that prison staff knew was dangerous and should not have been celled with him. (Id.). I. SCREENING REQUIREMENT The Court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a governmental entity or an…