UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CYMEYON HILL,
Case No. 20-cv-07460-YGR (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH LEAVE v. TO AMEND 9 OFFICER VENTURA, et al., 10 Defendants.
I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a civil detainee currently in custody at Salinas Valley State Prison (“SVSP”), filed a pro se civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted in a separate order. Plaintiff has named as Defendants in this action the following SVSP staff: Correctional Officers Ventura and J. Garcia2; Acting Warden M. B. Atchley; and Chief Executive Officer G. Padilla. Dkt. 1 at 2. Venue is proper because the events giving rise to the claims are alleged to have occurred at SVSP, which is located in this judicial district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Plaintiff seeks injunctive relief and nominal punitive damages. 21 22 1 Petitioner had initially filed the instant civil rights action…