Cole

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ROBERT LEE COLE, Case No. 21-cv-06503-WHO

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF SERVICE;

v.

DIRECTIONS TO CLERK

K. ALLISON, et al.,

Defendants.

INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Robert Lee Cole, an inmate at San Quentin State Prison (SQSP), has filed a pro se action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that defendants California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) director Allison, CDCR Secretary Diaz, CDCR associate director Davis, SQSP warden Ron Broomfield, federal receiver Kelso, SQSP chief medical officer Pachynski, California Institute for Men (CIM)1 chief medical officer Escobell, CDCR director of medical services doctor Steven Tharratt, SQSP Healthcare chief executive director Clarence Cryer, CIM warden Dean Borders, and California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS) doctor Joseph Bick (collectively “Defendants”) violated his rights under the Eighth Amendment by transferring over 100 inmates, some of whom were infected with…