Colbert
Gregory Lynn Colbert v. V. Reyes, et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 GREGORY LYNN COLBERT, F70955, Case No. 25-cv-08542-SK (PR)
Plaintiff,
ORDER OF SERVICE
v.
V. REYES, et al., Defendant(s).
Plaintiff Gregory Lynn Colbert, a state prisoner at the California Health Care Facility (CHCF) in Stockton, California, has filed a pro se civil rights complaint for damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that on May 26, 2025, while he at Salinas Valley State Prison (SVSP) in Soledad, California, he was “physically assaulted” by SVSP correctional sergeants D. Garcia and L. Garcia and correctional officers V. Reyes and I. Lopez “while [he] was cuffed up with his hands behind his back.” ECF No. 1 (Compl.) at 4. Plaintiff specifically alleges that the officers “slapped me in my face and slam[med] me down to the ground and started beating me up hitting me all over my body and face . . . and kicked me in my left and right [side].” Id. at 6. Plaintiff suffered a “fractured nose and bruised ribs [and] swelling [to] both side[s] of the face.” …