Russell

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 DARYL ANTHONY HICKS, Case No. 2:22-cv-00095-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA

v. PAUPERIS RUSSELL, et al., ECF No. 2 Defendants. SCREENING ORDER THAT PLAINTIFF: (1) PROCEED ONLY WITH HIS

FIRST AND EIGHTH AMENDMENT

CLAIMS AGAINST DEFENDANT

RUSSELL; OR

17 (2) DELAY SERVING ANY DEFENDANT AND FILE AN

AMENDED COMPLAINT

19 ECF No. 1

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22 23 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, alleges that the defendant correctional officers violated his rights by failing to protect him from being harmed by other inmates, retaliating against him for calling the Prison Rape Elimination Act (“PREA”) hotline, and using excessive force against him. I have screened the complaint and determined that it states viable First and Eighth Amendment claims against…