Reed

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CAMERON LEE HAYWOOD, No. 2:23-cv-0078 DB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER REED, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff claims defendants violated his Eighth Amendment rights by using excessive force against him and failing to protect him. Presently before the court is plaintiff’s amended complaint (ECF No. 11) for screening. For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned will give plaintiff the option to proceed immediately with his cognizable claims or to amend the complaint.

SCREENING

I. Legal Standards

25 The court is required to screen complaints brought by prisoners seeking relief against a 26 governmental entity or an officer or employee of a governmental entity. See 28 U.S.C. § 27 1915A(a). The court must dismiss a complaint or portion thereof if the prisoner has raised claims 28 that are legally “frivolous or malicious,” that fail…