McGinnis

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MARCUS G. MCGINNIS, Case No. 20-cv-01695-SI

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH LEAVE

v. TO AMEND

RON DAVIS, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 1, 4 Defendants.

12 Marcus McGinnis, an inmate at San Quentin State Prison, filed this pro se civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. His complaint is now before the court for review under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. His request for appointment of counsel also is now before the court for consideration. 16 BACKGROUND The complaint alleges the following: McGinnis arrived with a toothache when he entered San Quentin State Prison on June 6, 2019 to begin serving a prison sentence. He contends that defendants were slow to respond, and sometimes nonresponsive, to his complaints of pain. He also contends that defendants provided inadequate treatment for the abscessed tooth, the dry socket that developed after the tooth was extracted, and the…