(PC) Lear v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RODERICK WILLIAM LEAR, No. 2:17-cv-326-JAM-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

D. AVILA, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On September 1, 2017, the court found that his initial complaint stated a cognizable claim for Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference to medical needs against defendants Avila and Christensen and found service appropriate for the same. ECF No. 19. Then, on December 26, 2017, plaintiff filed his first amended complaint. ECF No. 38. The court screened that complaint and determined that it failed to comply with Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8. ECF No. 44. Specifically, the court determined that: (1) the complaint’s length and poor organization rendered it difficult to identify specific claims; and (2) the complaint included multiple claims that could not be properly joined in…