Cook
(PC) Ekene v. Cook
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 LINUS EKENE, Case No. 2:22-cv-01443-JDP (PC) 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA
13 v. PAUPERIS 14 R. COOK, et al., ECF No. 2 15 Defendants. SCREENING ORDER THAT PLAINTIFF: 16 (1) FILE AN AMENDED
COMPLAINT; OR
17 (2) STAND BY HIS COMPLAINT 18 SUBJECT TO A
RECOMMENDATION THAT IT BE
19 DISMISSED 20 ECF No. 1 21 THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE 22 23 Plaintiff Linus Ekene is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this civil rights 24 action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges that, after he filed other lawsuits and 25 grievances, defendants initiated a campaign of retaliation against him in violation of his First, 26 Eighth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. ECF No. 1. The allegations are sufficient to state 27 cognizable…