Asberry

I. INTRODUCTION

10 Plaintiff, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Kern Valley State Prison, has filed the 11 instant pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges multiple violations of 12 his constitutional rights by prison officials and medical staff at Salinas Valley State Prison 13 (“SVSP”), where he was formerly incarcerated. Dkt. 1. Plaintiff has also filed a motion for a 14 preliminary injunction. Dkt. 2. 15 The Court will grant his motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis in a separate 16 written Order. 17 In his complaint, Plaintiff names the following nineteen Defendants at SVSP: Warden 18 Tammy Foss; Correctional Officers D. Garcia, Villanueva, Carrillo, Alba, Sanchez, and M. 19 Garcia; Dentist “John Doe,” Nurse Florez; and John Does 1-10. Dkt. 1 at 5-6.1 Plaintiff seeks 20 compensatory and punitive damages. Id. at 24-25. 21 Venue is proper because certain events giving rise to the claims are alleged to have 22 occurred at SVSP, which is located in this judicial district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Specifically, 23 Plaintiff’s twenty-six-page complaint raises multiple allegations with respect to events that 24 occurred at SVSP…