Reyes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 TRAVIS JACK GOODMAN, 1:24-cv-00051-EPG (PC) 11 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING REQUESTS FOR

DISCOVERY AND APPOINTMENT OF

12 v. PRO BONO COUNSEL

13 REYES, et al., (ECF No. 8)

14 Defendants. 15 Plaintiff Travis Goodman is a pro se inmate proceeding in forma pauperis in this lawsuit 16 filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff alleges that, while confined at the Kern County 17 Sheriff’s Lerdo Justice Facility, Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood and Kern County 18 Deputy Reyes created a threat to his safety based on Reyes asking whether Plaintiff was a child 19 molester. 20 On March 1, 2024, the Court screened Plaintiff’s complaint, concluding that Plaintiff 21 failed to state a claim but giving him thirty days to file an amended complaint or to stand on his 22 initial complaint. (ECF No. 7). On March 4, 2024, Plaintiff filed a letter with the Court asking the 23 Court’s assistance with obtaining inmate grievances from his institution of confinement and 24 …