Toalepai
Toalepai v. Allison
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 FALAO TOALEPAI, Case No. 22-cv-00150-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER OF SERVICE
v.
KATHLEEN ALLISON, et al., Defendants.
12 Plaintiff Falao Toalepai, an inmate at San Quentin State Prison (SQSP) formerly proceeding pro se, filed an action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that the 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 complaint (Dkt. No. 1) is before me for screening pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Plaintiff will be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis in a separate order. DISCUSSION A. Standard of Review A federal court must conduct a preliminary screening in any case in which a prisoner seeks 23 1 Plaintiff’s case, along with a number of other cases making similar claims about the May 2020 24 CIM-SQSP transfer, was…