Alvarado

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 LANCE WILLIAMS, Case No.: 24-cv-01501-WQH-LR

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

vs. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

AND DISMISSING COMPLAINT

M. ALVARADO, Correctional Counselor;

FOR FAILING TO STATE A

N. ERICKSON, Correctional Officer; A.

CLAIM PURSUANT TO RENDON, Correctional Officer, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) Defendants. [ECF No. 2] HAYES, Judge: Before the Court is a civil rights complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by Plaintiff Lance Williams, a former state prisoner who is proceeding without counsel. (ECF No. 1.) Williams seeks to sue three Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) officials for damages based on claims that they violated his Eighth Amendment rights while he was incarcerated there in August 2019. (Id. at 2‒4, 8.) Williams has not prepaid the $405 civil filing fee required by 28…