UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
TONY ASBERRY,
Case No. 20-cv-04000-YGR (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER OF SERVICE v. 6 NURSE FLOREZ, et al., 7 Defendants.
I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Kern Valley State Prison, has filed the instant pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. He alleges violations of his constitutional rights by prison officials and medical staff at Salinas Valley State Prison (“SVSP”), where he was formerly incarcerated. Dkt. 1. The Court will grant his motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis in a separate written Order. In his complaint, Plaintiff names the following Defendants at SVSP: Nurse Florez, Correctional Officers Alba, Villianueva/Villanueva,1 and Carrillo. Dkt. 1 at 3. Plaintiff seeks compensatory and punitive damages. Id. at 18. Venue is proper because certain events giving rise to the claims are alleged to have occurred at SVSP, which is located in this judicial…