Hudson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA TORIANO GERMAINE HUDSON, Case No. 5:21-cv-01094 EJD Plaintiff, v. ORDER OF SERVICE RON BROOMFIELD, et al., Defendants. 12 Plaintiff, an inmate at San Quentin State Prison (SQSP) formerly proceeding pro se, filed an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that Defendants violated his rights under the Eighth Amendment by transferring over 100 inmates, some of whom were infected with COVID- 19, from the California Institution for Men (CIM) to SQSP in May 2020. Plaintiff is now represented by counsel, and his Second Amended Complaint (ECF No. 20) is before the Court for screening pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Plaintiff was previously granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis. ECF No. 12. 20 21 22 23 1 Plaintiff’s case, along with a number of other cases making similar claims about the May 2020 CIM-SQSP transfer, was assigned to the Honorable Judge William H. Orrick for the limited purpose of addressing common questions including…