Hernandez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOSEPH HERNANDEZ, Case No. 21-cv-04368-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER OF SERVICE v.

I.S.U., et al., Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, an inmate at High Desert State Prison, has filed a pro se action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 regarding events that happened at Pelican Bay State Prison (“PBSP”), where he was previously housed. In screening the complaint, the Court found that the complaint violated the joinder requirement in that it alleged two separate questions of law and fact: (1) a due process claim against defendants PBSP correctional officers Kaufman, McBride, Townsend, and Bradbury, and a First Amendment retaliation claim against defendant PBSP correctional officer Lacy; and (2) an Eighth Amendment claim against defendants Turnell and Ramsey. Dkt. No. 8 at 7-9. The Court also noted other deficiencies in the complaint. Id. The Court ordered Plaintiff to either chose one of the claims to proceed on, or to file an amended complaint that addressed…