Diaz

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6

JAMES DAVID WILLIAMS,

7 Case No. 19-cv-05685-YGR (PR) Plaintiff, 8 ORDER OF PARTIAL DISMISSAL v. AND SERVICE 9 RALPH DIAZ, et al., 10 Defendants. 11

12 I. INTRODUCTION 13 Plaintiff, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Correctional Training Facility (“CTF”), 14 has filed the instant pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges that prison 15 officials at CTF have limited his ability to purchase “religious oils” for his “daily 16 meditation/prayers” in violation of his constitutional rights and those guaranteed under the 17 Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-1, and the 18 Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”). Dkt. 1 at 3, 5-6.1 He will be granted leave to 19 proceed in forma pauperis in a separate written Order. 20 In his complaint, Plaintiff names the following Defendants from the California Department 21 of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”):…