Cruz
Cruz v. Ford
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GUILLERMO TRUJILLO CRUZ, Case No. 19-cv-07649-HSG
Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY IN
FORMA PAUPERIS STATUS SHOULD
v. NOT BE REVOKED
D. FORD, Defendant.
12 Plaintiff, an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison, filed this pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on November 20, 2019. On January 6, 2020, the Court screened the complaint and found that the complaint’s allegation that, on October 29, 2019, defendant officer Ford sexually harassed plaintiff stated a cognizable Eighth Amendment claim and dismissed with leave to amend plaintiff’s First Amendment retaliation claim that defendant Ford’s allegedly unconstitutional actions were in retaliation for the sexual harassment committed by defendant Ford’s co-workers, Officers Gutierrez and Kumbat on June 19, 2018, and January 17, 2019. Dkt. No. 3. That same day, the Court granted plaintiff leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Dkt. No. 4. The Court has…