Bharat

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JAMES BARKACS, Case No. 2:23-cv-01623-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER v. RATTAN BHARAT, et al., Defendants. 16 17 18 19 20 Plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, alleges that defendants violated his Eighth Amendment rights by failing to provide him with adequate medical care for a painful growth on his tailbone. ECF No. 1 at 3-5. He also alleges that unnamed officers at Mule Creek State Prison used excessive force against him. Id. at 4. His complaint, drafted without paragraphs or other organizational dividers, is difficult to parse, and I find that, as articulated, only his Eighth Amendment claim for inadequate medical care against defendant Perez is viable. He may either proceed with this claim or file an amended complaint. Additionally, I will grant his application to proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 2. Screening Order I. Screening and Pleading Requirements A federal court must…