Calpia

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 PATRICK SMITH, Case No. 2:24-cv-00117-KJM-JDP (PC) 12 Plaintiff, SCREENING ORDER FINDING THAT

THE COMPLAINT FAILS TO STATE A

13 v. VIABLE CLAIM AND GRANTING

LEAVE TO AMEND

14 CALPIA, et al., ECF No. 1 15 Defendants.

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

16 APPLICATION TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS AND DENYING HIS REQUEST

17 FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL 18 ECF Nos. 2 & 7 19 20 21 Plaintiff, a prisoner at California State Prison, Solano, brings this action against 22 defendants and alleges that they violated his Eighth Amendment rights by failing to conduct 23 inspections of a hot water hose that broke and caused him second degree burns. ECF No. 1 at 3. 24 These allegations, for the reasons stated below, do not state a cognizable federal claim. Plaintiff 25 will be given leave to amend. I will also grant his application to proceed in forma pauperis, ECF 26 No. 2,…