Lewis

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOE TAYLOR, No. 2:18-CV-0149-JAM-DMC-P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS J. LEWIS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Pending before the court is plaintiff’s first amended complaint (ECF No. 12). On August 16, 2019, the court issued a screening order addressing the sufficiency of plaintiff’s allegations. See ECF No. 13. The court summarized plaintiff’s allegations and claims as follows:

Plaintiff names ten Defendants including Does 1-5. The named Defendants are: (1) J. Lewis, (2) J. Ma, (3) M. Bobbala, (4) P. Sahota (5) S. Chaiken. Plaintiff alleges Defendants violated his Eighth Amendment right against cruel and unusual punishment by denying him proper medical treatment and failing to provide him adequate pain medication. Plaintiff asserts he underwent…