Phillips
Phillips v. Diaz
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ERIC PHILLIPS, Case No. 22-cv-07206-YGR
Plaintiff,
SECOND ORDER OF SERVICE
v.
RON BROOMFIELD, Defendant.
12 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 San Quentin State Prison (SQSP) in May 2020. The case was assigned to Judge William H. Orrick for the limited purpose of resolution of certain common legal issues with the case number 22-mc-80066-WHO. Dkt. No. 8. The Court screened plaintiff’s complaint (Dkt. No. 1) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, found that plaintiff’s allegations stated a cognizable Eighth Amendment claim for deliberate indifference to his safety needs, and ordered service on SQSP Warden Ron Broomfield. Dkt. No. 11. The Court dismissed plaintiff’s…