(PC) Brown v. Director of Corrections

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SKYLER R. BROWN, No. 2:20-cv-1734 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER DIRECTOR OF CORRECTIONS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims that an unnamed defendant violated his Eighth Amendment rights by failing to protect him. Plaintiff also claims that defendants Allen and Chao were deliberately indifferent in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights. Before the court is plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 10) and his complaint for screening (ECF No. 1). IN FORMA PAUPERIS Plaintiff has submitted a declaration that makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). (ECF No. 10.) Accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. Plaintiff is required to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(b)(1). By this…