Cooper

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DANTEA COOPER, Case No.: 24-cv-01585-WQH-SBC

CDCR #BT-9633,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF

Plaintiff, LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA vs. PAUPERIS AND DISMISSING

COMPLAINT FOR FAILING TO

Dr. NICHOLAS, STATE A CLAIM PURSUANT Defendant. TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) 16 AND 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b)(1) 17 [ECF Nos. 2, 3] 18 HAYES, Judge: Before the Court is a civil rights complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by Plaintiff Dantea Cooper, a prisoner at Calipatria State Prison (“CAL”), who is proceeding without counsel. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff seeks $10,000 in punitive damages from a physician who he claims provided inadequate medical care during his pretrial detention in the San Diego County Jail. (Id. at 2‒3, 7, 8.) Plaintiff has not prepaid the filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) to commence a civil action, but instead has filed a Trust Account Withdrawal Authorization and…