Diaz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LARRY SMITH, No. 2:20-cv-1004 DJC CKD P Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS RALPH DIAZ, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a California prisoner proceeding pro se and seeking relief against employees of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On October 19, 2022, the court screened plaintiff’s second amended complaint as the court is required to do under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. The court found as follows with respect to “CLAIM II” in the second amended complaint: “CLAIM II” is not properly joined. As plaintiff has been informed twice before, a plaintiff may bring as many claims as he likes against a particular defendant. Fed. R. Civ. P. 18(a). However, claims brought against other defendants must arise “out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences,” as a claim against the first …