Hurlbert

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOEL LEE WILLIAMS, JR., No. 2:21-cv-0891-TLN-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER B. HURLBERT, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Following the dismissal of his original complaint on screening1 (ECF No. 8), plaintiff has filed an amended complaint (ECF No. 11), which the court must now screen. As discussed below, plaintiff’s amended complaint is dismissed with leave to amend for failure to state a claim. Plaintiff’s amended complaint concerns the October 6, 2019 disciplinary proceedings relating to a rules violation report charging him with sexual misconduct. ECF No. 11 at 4. He claims that defendant Ginder, the senior hearing officer, and defendant Speiker, the chief

1 Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental…