Gipson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICHARD ARMENTA, No. 2:22-cv-00737-WBS-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER CONNIE GIPSON, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Before the court for screening is plaintiff’s second amended complaint (SAC). ECF No. 49; see ECF No. 66 at 3 (noting that SAC is subject to screening). Briefly, the background to the SAC is as follows: In 2022, plaintiff’s first amended complaint (FAC) was found to state potential Eighth Amendment claims against thirteen defendants at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), regarding the alleged failure to implement a policy regarding inmates who had dropped out of a Special Needs Yard (SNY) gang and faced retaliation if their SNY housing did not change. ECF No. 18 at 2, 4. After the FAC was served on these defendants, plaintiff filed the SAC and was permitted to amend one time as a…