IN RE CIM-SQ TRANSFER CASES
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 8 IN RE CIM-SQ TRANSFER CASES Case No. 5:20-cv-06326-EJD
ORDER OF SERVICE
This Document Relates To:
24-cv-06332; Woods v. CDCR 12
INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a California prisoner, filed a pro se civil rights action. Plaintiff alleges that defendants violated his constitutional rights by transferring 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. 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. Plaintiff will be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis by separate order. This case has been consolidated with cases in this district related to the 2020 prisoner transfer and related to the first case filed, No. 5:20-cv-06326-EJD, which now has the caption “In Re CIM-SQ Transfer Cases.” Pro se prisoner cases that are part of the…