Stuckey

I. INTRODUCTION

13 Plaintiff Andre Kenneth Stuckey, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Pelican Bay 14 State Prison (“PBSP”), has filed this pro se civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He seeks 15 monetary and punitive damages. His motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis will be 16 granted in a separate written Order. Dkt. 2. 17 Plaintiff has named California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) 18 Secretary Ralph Diaz, CDCR Director Connie Gipson, the California Correctional Health Care 19 Services (“CCHCS”), PBSP, PBSP Warden Jim Robertson, PBSP Chief Executive Officer Bill 20 Woods, PBSP Chief Physician and Surgeon Elena Tootell, PBSP Chief of Mental Health K. 21 Limon, PBSP Officers M. Ford, Valdez, Hamm, Hernandez, Skaggs, and Wagner, PBSP 22 Registered Nurses S. Barden, Troy Smith and Jasmine Yang, and John Doe #1-3, who are officers 23 at PBSP. 24 The Court now conducts its initial review of the complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. 25 Venue is proper because the events giving rise to Plaintiff’s claims in his complaint are 26 alleged to have occurred at PBSP, which is located in this judicial district. See 28 U.S.C. 27 §…