Villasenor

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

11 JASON SCOTT HOUNIHAN, Case No. 1:23-cv-00163-EPG (PC) 12 Plaintiff, SCREENING ORDER 13 v. ORDER ALLOWING PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT TO PROCEED ON HIS

JOSE C. VILLASENOR, EIGHTH AMENDMENT SEXUAL

ASSAULT CLAIM AGAINST Defendant. DEFENDANT VILLASENOR

ORDER FINDING SERVICE OF

COMPLAINT APPROPRIATE, AND

FORWARDING SERVICE DOCUMENTS

TO PLAINTIFF TO COMPLETE AND

RETURN WITHIN THIRTY DAYS

19 Jason Hounihan (“Plaintiff”) is a prisoner1 proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed the complaint commencing this action on February 2, 2023. (ECF No. 1). Plaintiff alleges that defendant Villasenor ordered a nurse to insert his hands into Plaintiff’s rectum even though Plaintiff had already been x-rayed and a doctor clearly stated that there were no foreign objects in Plaintiff’s 25 …