Ali

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JASON LATRELL THOMAS, No. 2:20-cv-0864-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER

M. ALI, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The court previously screened plaintiff’s original complaint and found that it stated viable claims against defendants Moreno, Yang, Gonzalez, Saeturn, Saechao, Ali, Metcalf, Cruz, and McCullough. ECF No. 6. The court dismissed all other claims with leave to amend. Id. On June 17, 2020, plaintiff notified the court that he intended to proceed with the viable claims and that he would not be amending his complaint. ECF No. 9. Curiously, however, plaintiff filed an amended complaint on the same day. ECF No. 10. Because an amended complaint supersedes a prior complaint, the court must now screen the amended complaint.

1 Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek redress from…