Redman

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JUAN CARLOS GARCIA AYALA, No. 2:21-cv-02186-DAD-CKD P 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER 14 GARY REDMAN, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Plaintiff is a former county inmate who is currently in state custody at the California 18 Health Care Facility. He is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action 19 filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This proceeding was referred to this court by Local Rule 302 20 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). 21 On April 29, 2022, the court screened plaintiff’s first amended complaint and gave him 22 the option of proceeding on the Fourteenth Amendment excessive force claim against defendant 23 Creach or of filing a second amended complaint to fix the deficiencies with respect to the 24 remaining claims and defendants. ECF No. 25. Plaintiff elected to file a second amended 25 complaint that is now before the court for screening. ECF No. 32. 26 I. Screening Requirement 27 As plaintiff was previously advised,…