Leatherman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FORREST C. TAYLOR, No. 2:25-cv-1100 CSK P Plaintiff, v. ORDER J. LEATHERMAN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On September 30, 2025, the Court screened plaintiff’s first amended complaint, and granted plaintiff thirty days to amend his pleading or to elect to proceed on his potentially cognizable Eighth Amendment claims against defendants D. Leatherman, R. McLeod, D. Heinkel, and A. Konrad; and a First Amendment claim against defendant J. Leatherman. (ECF No. 24.) That same day, plaintiff signed a second amended complaint, without benefit of the Court’s screening order. (ECF No. 26.) Then, on October 14, 2025, after plaintiff received the screening order, plaintiff elected to proceed with his First and Eighth Amendment claims, as proposed in the screening order. (ECF No. 27.) With his election form, plaintiff filed a document styled 26 …