Jenkins

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RODNEY KARL BLACKWELL, No. 2:19-cv-0442 TLN DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER A. JENKINS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims that defendants violated his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 3) and three separate amended complaints filed simultaneously (ECF Nos. 16, 17, 18). For the reasons set forth below, the court will grant the motion to proceed in forma pauperis, dismiss the complaints, and direct plaintiff to file one amended complaint. IN FORMA PAUPERIS Plaintiff has submitted a declaration that makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). (ECF No. 2.) Accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. Plaintiff is required to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for…