IN RE CIM-SQ TRANSFER CASES
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
s 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 IN RE CIM-SQ TRANSFER CASES Case No. 5:20-cv-06326-EJD
ORDER OF SERVICE; DENYING
This Document Relates To: MOTION TO SEVER; DENYING
MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
24-cv-00013; Stanley v. CDCR COUNSEL Dkt. Nos. 59, 100
13 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a California prisoner, filed a pro se civil rights action in state court. Plaintiff alleged that defendants violated his rights under the Eighth Amendment and state law by transferring over 100 inmates, some of whom were infected with COVID-19, from the California Institution for Men (CIM) to San Quentin State Prison (SQSP)1 in May 2020. Dkt. No. 1 at 13. Defendants removed this action from state court and paid the filing fee. Dkt. No. 1 at 1, Dkt. No. 7. The case is now before the Court for screening pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a), and service of the complaint on defendants is ordered. …