UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JAMES DAVID WILLIAMS,
Case No. 19-cv-05685-YGR (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER OF PARTIAL DISMISSAL v. AND SERVICE 9 RALPH DIAZ, et al., 10 Defendants.
I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Correctional Training Facility (“CTF”), has filed the instant pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges that prison officials at CTF have limited his ability to purchase “religious oils” for his “daily meditation/prayers” in violation of his constitutional rights and those guaranteed under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act (“RLUIPA”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000cc-1, and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”). Dkt. 1 at 3, 5-6. He will be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis in a separate written Order. In his complaint, Plaintiff names the following Defendants from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”):…