Thompson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL PATTON, No. 2:25-cv-00810 SCR P Plaintiff, v. ORDER THOMPSON, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is incarcerated in state prison and proceeding pro se with this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s complaint is before the undersigned for screening. (ECF No. 1.) For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned finds that the complaint states an Eighth Amendment medical indifference claim against defendant Thompson in his individual capacity and disability discrimination claims against defendant Thompson in his official capacity, but no other cognizable claims. Defendants Oldham, Sharp, Money, and Bowman are misjoined, and the complaint’s claims against them may not proceed. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 21. Plaintiff will be given the option of proceeding on the complaint as screened or filing an amended complaint. IN FORMA PAUPERIS Plaintiff has requested leave to…