(PC) Vargas v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DOMINIC (AKA DIAMOND) VARGAS, Case No. 1:20-cv-00083-JLT-CDB (PC)

Plaintiff, THIRD SCREENING ORDER

REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO FILE A

v.

RESPONSE

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION, (Doc. 20) et al.,

Defendants. THIRTY (30) DAY DEADLINE 16 Plaintiff Dominic Vargas, also known as Diamond Vargas, is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff suffers from gender dysphoria and asserts that Defendants have denied him medically necessary sex reassignment surgery (“SRS”) in violation of the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Previously, the Court screened Plaintiff’s first amended complaint and determined that it failed to state a claim upon which relief may be granted because Plaintiff filed to include a demand for relief. (Doc. 17.) Plaintiff filed a second amended complaint (“SAC”), which now is before the Court for screening. (Doc. 20.)…