UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JUAN MALDONADO,
Case No. 21-cv-07780-DMR (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER OF SERVICE v.
DR. JONATHAN ASHBY,
7 Defendant.
I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at the Correctional Training Facility (“CTF”), has filed a pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that Defendant was deliberately indifferent to his medical needs. In his complaint, Plaintiff names Defendant Jonathan Ashby, a CTF physician. Plaintiff seeks monetary and punitive damages. Plaintiff has consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction. Dkt. 5. Therefore, this matter has been assigned to the undersigned Magistrate Judge. Dkt. 4. His motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted in a separate written order. Dkts. 2, 7. Venue is proper because the events giving rise to the claims are alleged to have occurred at CTF, which is located in this judicial district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). II. …