Cervantes

Cervantes v. Elsen

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaMay 15, 20235:23-cv-00811California3,726 words

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ADRIAN L. CERVANTES, Case No. 23-cv-00811-AMO (PR)

Plaintiff, ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH LEAVE

TO AMEND

v.

DALIZU ELSEN, et al., Defendants.

I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff who is currently in custody at Sonoma County’s Main Adult Detention Facility (“MADF”), filed a pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This suit was reassigned from a magistrate judge to the undersigned in light of a Ninth Circuit decision.1 Plaintiff also seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis, which will be granted in a separate Order. Venue is proper because the events giving rise to the claim are alleged to have occurred at MADF, which is located in this judicial district. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Plaintiff names the following defendants from MADF or from MADF’s medical care provider, “Wellpath”: Wellpath Physicians Dalizu Elsen, Niloofar Fadaki and Michael L. Medvin; MADF Lieutenant Jason Squires; and Sonoma County Sheriff Eddie Engram. Dkt. 1 at 2.2…

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