UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHRISTOPHER HEIM, No. 2:21-cv-1077 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
V. VOVKULIN, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and has requested authority pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF Nos. 1, 2, 5. This proceeding was referred to the undersigned by Local Rule 302 and 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). Plaintiff has also filed a “Motion for Order of Stay,” ECF No. 8, which seeks an order preventing prison authorities from transferring him to another prison. The undersigned construes this motion as one for preliminary injunctive relief. For the reasons stated below, plaintiff’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted, and he will be given the opportunity either to proceed on the cognizable claims in his complaint or to amend the complaint. The undersigned will also recommend that…