Felder

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JIMMIE EARL STEPHENS, No. 2:22-cv-01791-EFB (PC) Plaintiff, v. ORDER M. FELDER, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in this action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On December 12, 2022, the court screened plaintiff’s complaint under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, dismissing it with leave to amend. ECF No. 5. His amended complaint is now before the court for screening. I. Background and Miscellaneous Filings In its initial screening order, the court found that plaintiff is a “three-strikes” litigant under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). The court granted plaintiff in forma pauperis status, however, under the imminent danger exception to the three strikes rule, because he alleged that he was being denied a medication needed for radiation treatment side effects, putting him at risk for blood clots. The court noted that the only claims that may proceed in this action must relate to that…