Sawaya

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WALTER L. COLE, No. 2:17-cv-0276 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER M. SAWAYA, et al., Defendants. 16 I. Introduction Plaintiff is a state prisoner at California State Prison Sacramento (CSP-SAC), under the authority of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Plaintiff proceeds pro se with a civil rights complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and a request to proceed in forma pauperis. This action is referred to the undersigned United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302(c). For the following reasons, the court grants plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis but finds that the complaint, as framed, does not state a cognizable claim against any of the named defendants. Accordingly, the complaint will not be served. Instead, plaintiff will be granted leave to file a First Amended Complaint within thirty days. II. In Forma…