Shirley
(PC) Howard v. Shirley
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KARLIS RUBEN AUGUSTUS Case No. 1:24-cv-00387-HBK (PC)
HOWARD,
SCREENING ORDER DISMISSING CLAIMS Plaintiff, AND DEFENDANTS DEEMED NOT COGNIZABLE IN AMENDED COMPLAINT; v. AND DIRECTING DEFENDANTS TO FILE RESPONSE1 COUNTY OF KERN, et al., Doc. No. 36 Defendants. 16 17 Pending before the Court for screening under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A is the amended pro se civil rights complaint filed under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on November 1, 2024 by Karlis Ruben Augustus Howard—a former state prisoner. (Doc. No. 36). Upon review, the Court finds the amended complaint states only cognizable Eighth Amendment conditions of confinement claims against Defendants DeGough, Shirley, and Cronjager, and state law claims against the same three individual Defendants for negligence, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligent infliction of emotional…