Torfason

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JAMES PAUL ANDREW TORFASON, Case No. 22-cv-03458-JSW

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. FILE AMENDED COMPLAINT; OF

SERVICE

CALIFORNIA FORENSIC MEDICAL GROUP, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 12 11 Defendants.

12 Plaintiff’s motion for leave to file an amended complaint is GRANTED. See Fed R. Civ. 13 P. 15(a). The amended complaint replaces the California Forensic Medical Group, which was 14 named as a Defendant in the original complaint, with Defendant Wellpath, which Plaintiff alleges, 15 was the medical care provider at the Monterey County Jail when the alleged injuries to Plaintiff 16 occurred. When liberally construed, the allegations in the amended complaint state cognizable claims against Wellpath for providing him with inadequate medical care in violation of his 14th 18 Amendment right to due process. 19 In light of the foregoing, 20 1. The Clerk shall issue a summons and the United States Marshal shall serve, without prepayment of fees, the summons, a copy of the…