Steward
Steward v. Stevenson
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JASON J. STEWARD, Case No. 20-cv-09310-EMC
Plaintiff,
ORDER OF SERVICE
v.
STEVENSON, et al., Defendants.
12 13 I. INTRODUCTION Jason J. Steward, an inmate at Kern Valley State Prison who was previously incarcerated at Salinas Valley State Prison, filed this pro se civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Court dismissed the complaint with leave to amend to cure several pleading deficiencies. Mr. Steward filed an amended complaint (“FAC”), which the Court reviewed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. See Docket Nos. 16, 18. The Court found that Mr. Steward had stated a single cognizable claim, for deliberate indifference to a serious medical need, against eleven defendants. See Docket No. 18 at 4. The Court dismissed the FAC with leave to amend to salvage Mr. Steward’s other attempted claims, and informed Mr. Steward that if he failed to amend then “the action will go forward with just the medical-care…