(PC) Hankins v. Sacramento County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEREMIAH HANKINS, No. 2:24-cv-0150 TLN SCR P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SACRAMENTO COUNTY, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a civil detainee proceeding pro se with a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the court are plaintiff’s motions to appoint counsel (ECF Nos. 14 and 15) and first amended complaint (“FAC”) for screening. (ECF No. 16.) For the reasons described below, the undersigned denies plaintiff’s motions to appoint counsel and finds plaintiff’s FAC states a potentially cognizable Fourteenth Amendment medical care claim against defendants Dr. Williams, Dr. Sokolov, and Dr. John Doe, but no other cognizable claims. Plaintiff will be given the option of proceeding immediately on his cognizable claim or filing an amended complaint. STATUTORY SCREENING OF PRISONER COMPLAINTS The court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against “a governmental entity or…