Diaz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 STEVE CRITTENDEN, Case No. 21-cv-05805-BLF

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF SERVICE

v.

RALPH DIAZ, 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 First Amended Complaint (Dkt. No. 11) is before the Court for screening pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. The Court previously granted Plaintiff leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Dkt. No. 9. 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,…