Gipson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEENAN WILKINS, aka NERRAH No. 2:19-cv-01469 JAM CKD P

BROWN,

12 Plaintiff, ORDER v. 14 CONNIE GIPSON, et al., 15 Defendants.

17 I. Introduction Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, was found earlier in this action to be a three strikes litigant under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). (ECF No. 15 at 2.) Plaintiff was allowed to proceed in forma pauperis due to his allegations of imminent danger. (Id. at 2-3.) After screening the original complaint, the court found it to state potentially cognizable First Amendment and Eighth Amendment claims against defendants Smith and Miller, but no claims against other named defendants. (ECF No. 15 at 5-6.) Plaintiff chose to amend the complaint rather than proceed on those claims, and his First Amended Complaint (FAC) is now before the court for screening. (ECF No. 17.) See 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). II. Screening Standard The court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the prisoner has raised…