(PC) Botts v. Corcoran State Prison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 D’RON D. BOTTS, No. 2:20-cv-01856 TLN GGH P Petitioner, v. ORDER CORCORAN STATE PRISON, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has not filed an in forma pauperis affidavit or paid the required filing fee ($5.00). See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a); 1915(a). The Habeas Petition Petitioner is challenging a prison rules violation report and subsequent administrative sanctions. Petitioner alleges the following two claims: 1) a violation of petitioner’s Eighth Amendment based on correctional officers failure to protect petitioner after he reported his life was in danger and was subsequently attacked by inmates; and 2) a violation of petitioner’s Eighth Amendment against cruel and unusual punishment for being placed in administrative segregation from March 21, 2019 to May 30, 2019 “without merit” after the inmate…