(PC) Arrellano-Lopez v. Gonzales
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
8 9 JORGE N. ARRELLANO-LOPEZ, Case No. 1:23-cv-00093-EPG (PC) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION TO AMEND
COMPLAINT AS UNNECESSARY
11 v. (ECF No. 12)
J. GONZALES, et al.,
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF AN
EXTENSION TO AUGUST 9, 2023 TO FILE Defendants. AN AMENDED COMPLAINT OR OTHERWISE RESPOND TO THE COURT’S
SCREENING ORDER
15 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s original complaint alleges that he was attacked by an inmate in retaliation for filing grievances against a correctional officer. At screening, the Court concluded that only the following claims should be allowed to proceed: Plaintiff’s claim for failure to protect in violation of the Eighth Amendment against Officer J. Gonzales and Plaintiff’s claim for retaliation in violation of the First Amendment against Officer J. Hardin. (ECF No. 10). The Court granted Plaintiff thirty days to (1) file a notice that he wanted to proceed…