Scott

Scott v. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaNovember 27, 20194:19-cv-06046California4,183 words

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 DONNIE SCOTT, Case No. 19-cv-06046-HSG

8 Plaintiff, ORDER OF PARTIAL SERVICE;

DISMISSING SPECIFIED CLAIM AND

9 v. DEFENDANT WITH LEAVE TO

AMEND

10 JIM ROBERTSON, et al.,

11 Defendants.

12 INTRODUCTION 13 Plaintiff, an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison (“PBSP”), filed this pro se civil rights 14 action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that PBSP Warden Robertson, Dr. Kumar, and RN 15 Golding violated his constitutional rights. Plaintiff has been granted leave to proceed in forma 16 pauperis in a separate order. His complaint (ECF No. 1) is now before the Court for review under 17 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. 18 DISCUSSION 19 A. Standard of Review 20 A federal court must engage in a preliminary screening of any case in which a prisoner 21 seeks redress from a governmental entity, or from an officer or an employee of a governmental 22 entity. 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a). In its review, the…

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