Cook

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LINUS EKENE, Case No. 2:22-cv-01443-TLN-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, SCREENING ORDER FINDING THAT

THE FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT

v. STATES COGNIZABLE FIRST

AMENDMENT AND EIGHTH

R. COOK, et al., AMENDMENT CLAIMS AGAINST

DEFENDANTS COOK, LAUGHLIN, AND

Defendants. AGREDANO ECF No. 13 17 18 On December 21, 2022, I found service appropriate for defendants Cook, Laughlin, and Agredano based on the allegations in plaintiff’s initial complaint. ECF No. 10. Specifically, I found that the complaint stated viable First Amendment retaliation and Eighth Amendment excessive force claims against these three defendants. ECF Nos. 8 & 10. After I directed service, plaintiff filed a first amended complaint, ECF No. 13, which also states viable First and Eighth Amendment claims against these same three defendants. Accordingly, I direct defendants to respond to the amended complaint. …