Ikegbu

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LARRY WILLIAM CORTINAS, No. 2:23-cv-00285-CKD P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND N. IKEGBU, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This proceeding was referred to this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Rule 302. I. Factual and Procedural History At the time of filing the initial complaint in this matter, plaintiff also filed a motion for a temporary restraining order and/or a preliminary injunction. ECF No. 3. A second ex parte motion for a temporary restraining order was filed on March 26, 2023. ECF No. 8. On May 1, 2023, the court screened plaintiff’s complaint and gave him the option of proceeding on the Eighth Amendment deliberate indifference claims against defendants Ikegbu, Osman, Haile, and Patterson or of amending his complaint to fix the deficiencies…