Matteson

(PC) Morrison v. Matteson

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaDecember 13, 20232:23-cv-00850California1,502 words

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Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CURTIS LEE MORRISON, Case No. 2:23-cv-00850-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER SCREENING PLAINTIFF’S

SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT

v. ECF No. 13 GISELLE MATTESON, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff alleges in his second amended complaint that the warden, chief medical executive, and a sergeant at California State Prison, Solano, and both the executive director of CDCR and California’s governor, violated his Eighth and Fourteenth Amendment rights. ECF No. 13. He alleges that he contracted COVID twice after defendants moved him from a COVID- negative building to a COVID-positive one. ECF No. 13 at 3. Some of the claims may proceed, while others are not. I will offer plaintiff the opportunity to proceed either on his cognizable claims or delay serving any defendant and file an amended complaint. Screening and Pleading Requirements A federal court must screen a prisoner’s complaint that seeks relief against a governmental entity,…

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