Ward

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSEPH WARD, Case No.: 3:23-cv-1423-BAS-AHG

CDCR #BN-7790,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

Plaintiff, AMEND AND EXTENDING TIME vs. TO EFFECT SERVICE OF SECOND

AMENDED COMPLAINT AND

CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS

SUMMONS AS TO DEFENDANT PASCUAL, SOSA and MASSARO,

PASCUAL

Defendants. 17 18 On July 31, 2023, Plaintiff Joseph Ward, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 along with a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) and a motion to appoint counsel. (ECF Nos. 1–3.) Plaintiff claimed that while housed at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) in San Diego, California, Defendants RJD Correctional Officers Pascual, Sosa and Massaro left his cell door open to allow another inmate to attack him and then delayed medical care in retaliation for Plaintiff filing an inmate complaint. (See Compl., ECF No. 1 at…