Lozano

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTOINE L. JOHNSON, No. 2:19-cv-1128 MCE DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER JARED LOZANO, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, has filed this civil rights action seeking relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The matter was referred to this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. In compliance with this court’s order issued August 28, 2020, plaintiff has submitted a first amended complaint (“FAC”). (See ECF Nos. 10, 15). For the reasons stated below plaintiff will be given the opportunity either to file a final amended complaint or, in the alternative, to proceed on the cognizable claims identified herein. I. PLEADING STANDARD A. Generally Section 1983 “provides a cause of action for the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws of the United States.” Wilder v. Virginia Hosp. Ass'n,…