Calpia

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PATRICK SMITH, Case No. 2:24-cv-00117-KJM-JDP (PC) Plaintiff, SCREENING ORDER FINDING THAT

THE COMPLAINT FAILS TO STATE A

v. VIABLE CLAIM AND GRANTING

LEAVE TO AMEND

CALPIA, et al., ECF No. 1 Defendants.

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS AND DENYING HIS REQUEST

FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL ECF Nos. 2 & 7 19 20 Plaintiff, a prisoner at California State Prison, Solano, brings this action against defendants and alleges that they violated his Eighth Amendment rights by failing to conduct inspections of a hot water hose that broke and caused him second degree burns. ECF No. 1 at 3. These allegations, for the reasons stated below, do not state a cognizable federal claim. Plaintiff will be given leave to amend. I will also grant his application to proceed in forma pauperis, ECF No. 2,…