(PC) Olvera v. Clark

I. BACKGROUND

24 Plaintiff’s complaint brings claims concerning his treatment as an inmate classified as part of Security Threat Group (STG) Sureños following a fight that occurred on September 28, 2018, with the STG Bulldogs. (ECF No. 1, p. 5-6). In screening the complaint on July 29, 2021, the Court concluded that Plaintiff stated cognizable claims against Defendants Ken Clark, D. Baughman, and J. Gallager for unconstitutional conditions of confinement in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (ECF No. 9, p. 16). The Court ordered Plaintiff to, within thirty days, do one of the following: (1) file a statement with the Court saying that he wants to go forward only on his claims against Defendants Clark, Baughman, and Gallager for unconstitutional conditions of confinement in violation of the Eighth Amendment, in which case the Court would authorize service of process; (2) file an amended complaint if he believed that additional facts would state 5 additional claims, in which case the Court would screen the amended complaint; or (3) file a 6 statement with the Court saying that he wanted to stand on this complaint and have it reviewed by 7 a district…