Brown

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MICHAEL LARUE BROWN, Case No. 24-cv-03599-TLT

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF SERVICE

v.

BASS, et al., Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, a former state prisoner formerly incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison (SQSP), has filed a pro se civil rights action in which he alleges violations of his constitutional rights by SQSP prison officials. Plaintiff previously filed a substantially similar lawsuit, which he voluntarily dismissed without prejudice after the Court ordered the complaint served on defendants. See Case No. 23-cv-04392-TLT. The Court will order service of this complaint on defendants as well. Plaintiff’s non-prisoner motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted by separate order. DISCUSSION A. Standard of Review Although plaintiff is no longer a prisoner, he is proceeding in forma pauperis and his complaint is therefore subject to screening under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B). Under § 1915(e)(2)(B), the…