Quintero
Quintero v. Hill
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DANIEL R. QUINTERO, Case No.: 24-cv-1141-AJB (KSC)
CDCR #BN-3161,
ORDER DISMISSING FIRST
Plaintiff, AMENDED COMPLAINT vs. PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 14 §§ 1915(e)(2) & 1915A(b)
J. HILL, Warden, et al.,
15 Defendants. 16 17 18 On June 28, 2024, Plaintiff Daniel R. Quintero, a state inmate proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming that the denial of water for hours during transportation to another prison amounted to cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment and interfered with his religious observance of Ramadan in violation of the First Amendment and the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”). (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff also filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) and a request to remove this case to the Eastern District of California. (ECF Nos. 2, 4.) On October 2, 2024, the Court denied the IFP motion because…