Frauenheim

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LACEDRIC WILLIAM JOHNSON, ) Case No.: 1:18-cv-01477-AWI-BAM (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO ) ADD A PARTY v. )

SCREENING ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF

SCOTT FRAUENHEIM, et al., ) LEAVE TO FILE AN AMENDED COMPLAINT ) OR NOTIFY COURT OF WILLINGNESS TO Defendants. ) PROCEED ON COGNIZABLE CLAIMS ) ) (ECF Nos. 1, 7) ) ) THIRTY (30) DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff LaCedric William Johnson is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On October 26, 2018, Plaintiff initiated this action by filing a complaint with this Court. (ECF No. 1.) Before the Court could screen Plaintiff’s complaint, Plaintiff filed a motion to add a party. (ECF No. 7.) Plaintiff’s motion to add a party, (ECF No. 7), is granted. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a) (a party may amend once as a matter of right,…