Howell

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 NATALIA HOWELL, Case No. 20-cv-00123-JSC

Plaintiff,

SCREENING ORDER

v.

GARDEN OF EDEN, et al., Defendants.

12 Natalia Howell brings this employment discrimination action against her former employer Garden of Eden, and two individuals: Soufyan Abouahmed and Shareef Radwan El-Sissi. (Dkt. No. 1.) Having granted Ms. Howell’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, (see Dkt. No. 4), the Court now screens the complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. COMPLAINT ALLEGATIONS Plaintiff alleges that she was injured while moving boxes at her workplace, Garden of Eden, 21227 Foothill Blvd. Hayward, California. (Dkt. No. 1 at 3.) Although she was in excruciating pain, her supervisor, Andrew Do, refused to let her leave work to seek medical attention. (Id. at 4.) When she went to obtain medical assistance the next day, they noted that her back was inflamed and that she should have come in right away. (Id.) She was given a cane and …