Dodson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TOR AHMADD BISHOP, No. 2:20-cv-2032-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER G. DODSON, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel and in forma pauperis in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. After dismissal of his initial complaint (ECF No. 6), plaintiff has filed an amended complaint (ECF No. 13), which is screened below.1 The allegations in the amended complaint do not materially differ from those in the original complaint. Plaintiff again alleges that correctional officer Dodson injured plaintiff’s hand by opening and closing plaintiff’s cell door because Dodson “failed to be aware.” ECF No. 13 at 3. The court previously informed plaintiff that for Dodson’s conduct to rise the level of an Eighth Amendment violation, Dodson’s acts must have been more than mere negligence.

1 Congress mandates that district courts engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners…