(PC) Matlock v. Kern County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD A. MATLOCK, No. 1:19-cv-1368-NONE-JLT (PC)

Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING RESPONSE AND

DENYING APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

v. (Doc. No. 25) KERN COUNTY, et al., 14-DAY DEADLINE Defendants. 16 On October 1, 2020, the Court issued a screening order finding that Plaintiff’s first amended complaint states a cognizable Fourteenth Amendment failure to protect claim against John Does #1, #2, and #3, and finding no other cognizable claims as pleaded. (Doc. 18 at 8.) “The screening order explained that plaintiff now had three options: (1) he could notify the court that he wished to forego amendment and proceed only on the claims found to be cognizable by the screening order; (2) he could file a second amended complaint in an attempt to cure the noted defects in the claims not found to be cognizable by the screening order; or (3) he could “stand on the first amended complaint as pleaded” in which case the magistrate judge would issue findings 25 …