Alvarez
Alvarez v. Long
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANGEL ALVAREZ, Case No. 24-cv-07284-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER OF SERVICE AND PARTIAL
v. DISMISSAL
DOUGLAS COLFER LONG, et al., Defendants.
INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a California prisoner proceeding without an attorney, filed this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and California Government Code § 845.6. The complaint (ECF No. 1) names three defendants: Registered Nurse Douglas Colfer Long and Chief Nurse Executive Sean McNeal at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center (“SQRC”), and the California Correctional Health Care Services (“CCHCS”). Leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted in a separate order. For the reasons discussed below, the Section 1983 claim against CCHCS is dismissed, and the complaint is ordered served upon all Defendants based upon Plaintiff’s other claims.
STANDARD OF REVIEW
20 Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek 21 redress from a…