Cudjo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FORREST KENDRID, No. 2:20-cv-02546 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER CUDJO, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. §1983. Plaintiff alleges defendants used excessive physical force and were deliberately indifferent to plaintiff’s serious medical needs in violation of plaintiff’s Eighth Amendment rights. Plaintiff also alleges defendants violated his right to due process under the Fourteenth Amendment. Before the court is plaintiff’s complaint for screening (ECF No. 1) and plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2). For the reasons set forth below, this court finds plaintiff states cognizable Eighth Amendment claims against defendants for deliberate indifference to serious medical needs. This court also finds plaintiff fails to state any other cognizable claim. Plaintiff will have the option to proceed on his cognizable claims…