Gipson

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RICHARD ARMENTA, No. 2:22-cv-00737-WBS-EFB (PC) 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 CONNIE GIPSON, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 18 U.S.C. § 1983. This case proceeds on plaintiff’s first amended complaint alleging Eighth 19 Amendment claims related to his ongoing housing in special needs yards (SNYs) after he has 20 dropped out of a SNY gang. ECF No. 18. Plaintiff has filed two requests for a protective order. 21 ECF Nos. 127, 129. Defendants have not responded to either request. As discussed below, the 22 courts order that defendants respond. 23 Background 24 The FAC alleges that plaintiff dropped out of a SNY gang in January of 2017. Plaintiff 25 has since been housed in SNYs at California State Prison Los Angeles County, High Desert State 26 Prison, and California Medical Facility, where he has allegedly faced retaliation and threats of 27…