UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 JAMES CURTIS KERN, BX3065, Case No. 25-cv-10964-CRB (PR)
Plaintiff,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
v.
PELICAN BAY STATE PRISON, (ECF Nos. 2 & 5) Defendant(s).
I. On August 28, 2025, plaintiff, a prisoner at Pelican Bay state Prison (PBSP) and frequent litigant in federal court, filed a pro se complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that on June 25, 2025, while PBSP correctional officers were escorting him to San Joaquin General Hospital for the removal of a lipoma from his left forearm, he fell exiting the prison transportation van and sustained serious injuries because the chain on his foot shackles got stuck on a defective stripping on the floor of the van. See Kern v. Pelican Bay Transportation Officer, No. 25-cv-07288-CRB, ECF No. 1 (Compl.) at 3. On November 14, 2025, the court screened the complaint and dismissed it under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. …