Ismael Villarreal v. Ralph Diaz
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EASTERN DIVISION 11 ISMAEL VILLARREAL, Case No. 5:20-cv-01942-VBF-AFM
Plaintiff,
ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT
v. RALPH DIAZ, et al., 16 Defendants. 17 On September 8, 2020, plaintiff, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the Eastern District of California. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff is incarcerated at the Ironwood State Prison (“ISP”) in Riverside County. On September 17, 2020, the case was transferred to the Central District of California. (ECF No. 6.) Plaintiff filed a Request to Proceed Without Prepayment of Filing Fees, which was granted. (See ECF Nos. 2, 4-5, 9.) In the Complaint, plaintiff names as defendants several individuals based in Sacramento including the Secretary, Undersecretary, and Director of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”); Anthony Carter, an individual; Steven Escobar, an attorney at the Office of…