UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CYMEYON V. HILL,
Case No. 20-cv-04027-YGR (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER OF PARTIAL DISMISSAL v. AND SERVICE 6 OFFICER DE FRANCO, et al., 7 Defendants.
I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a civil detainee currently being held in custody at Salinas Valley State Prison (“SVSP”), filed a pro se civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Thereafter, Plaintiff filed an amended complaint, which is the operative complaint in this action. Dkt. 5. Venue is proper because the events giving rise to the claim is alleged to have occurred in SVSP, which is located in this judicial district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Plaintiff named the following SVSP prison staff as Defendants: SVSP Correctional Officers De Franco, Juarez,1 Hammel, Infante, Cary, Florez, and Beam. Dkt. 5 at 4. Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief and punitive damages. Id. at 3. II. DISCUSSION A. Standard of Review A federal court must…