King

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 VICTOR D. SOLTERO, No. 2:20-cv-1593 KJN P Plaintiff, v. ORDER KING, Defendant. 16 Plaintiff is a state prisoner, proceeding pro se, in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff requests that the court appoint counsel. Plaintiff’s Complaint The Court orders that this case proceed on plaintiff’s complaint against defendant King based on plaintiff’s claim that defendant Correctional Officer King sexually harassed and abused plaintiff during a pat-down search on March 7, 2019, and following such abuse, King then took plaintiff to an isolated area and ordered plaintiff to disrobe for a “strip search,” but King’s wrongful actions thereafter were interrupted by an alarm sounding for a separate incident, and a nonparty correctional officer intervening and ordering plaintiff to dress and leave the area. (ECF No. 1 at 3.) The undersigned found that plaintiff’s allegations are sufficient to state a…