Brown

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROY L. BROWN,

Case No. 23-00783 EJD (PR) Plaintiff, ORDER OF SERVICE v.

RON BROOMFIELD, et al., Defendants.

13 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff, a California prisoner proceeding pro se, filed this civil rights case under 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’s complaint (Dkt. No. 1) is before the Court for screening pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. Plaintiff will be granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis in a separate order. For the reasons discussed below, the complaint is ordered served on Defendants. 22 ANALYSIS A. STANDARD OF REVIEW Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek redress from…