Covello

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 VICTOR RENARD CYRUS, Case No. 2:23-cv-01384-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, SCREENING ORDER FINDING THAT

THE AMENDED COMPLAINT STATES A

v. COGNIZABLE FIRST AMENDMENT

RETALIATION CLAIM AGAINST

PATRICK COVELLO, et al., DEFENDANTS QUIRING,

BUSTAMANTE, YOUNG, AND WINKLER

Defendants. ECF No. 8

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

SECOND APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN

FORMA PAUPERIS AND DENYING HIS

FIRST AS MOOT ECF Nos. 5 & 9 20 Plaintiff, a state prisoner, alleges that defendants Quiring, Bustamante, Young, and Winkler violated his First Amendment rights by retaliating against him for filing a staff complaint against Quiring. ECF No. 8 at 3-8. These allegations are sufficient to proceed past screening. Plaintiff also alleges that defendants’ retaliation violates his Eighth Amendment rights. Id. at 11- 12. Those claims are inadequate to…