IN RE CIM-SQ TRANSFER CASES

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; GRANTING

This Document Relates To: MOTION FOR SCREENING;

DENYING MOTION FOR

24-cv-02488-EJD; Wells v. Diaz APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

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. 1-2 at 23. Defendants removed this action from state court and paid the filing fee. Dkt. No. 1. 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. Defendants’ request for screening of plaintiff’s complaint is GRANTED. Dkt. No. 5. This…