(PC) Howell v. Gonzales

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KAREEM J. HOWELL, Case No. 1:19-cv-00822-JDP Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

THAT PLAINTIFF BE PERMITTED TO

v. PROCEED ON COGNIZABLE CLAIMS AND

THAT NON-COGNIZABLE CLAIMS BE

D. GONZALES, et al., DISMISSED Defendants. OBJECTIONS, IF ANY, DUE IN 14 DAYS ORDER ASSIGNING THIS CASE TO A

DISTRICT JUDGE

17 18 Plaintiff Kareem J. Howell is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges that defendants Gonzales and Phun failed to protect him from a prison fire in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Plaintiff also alleges that defendant Baker failed to deliver on a promise to obtain a medical check-up for plaintiff and to speak with defendants Gonzales and Phun about their responses to the fire. On October 10, we screened plaintiff’s complaint. ECF No. 9. We found that plaintiff stated an 25 …