Sheldon

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 JEFF SHELDON, Case No. 23-cv-03555-AMO (PR)

8 Plaintiff, ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH LEAVE

TO AMEND; AND DENYING MOTION

9 v. FOR APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

10 SAN QUENTIN STAFF, et al.,

Defendants. 11

12 I. INTRODUCTION 13 Plaintiff Jeff Sheldon, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Wasco State Prison, filed 14 the above-titled civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 raising allegations related to his 15 incarceration at San Quentin State Prison (“SQSP”) from 2018 to 2023. The Court will grant 16 Sheldon’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis in a separate written Order. 17 The Court now conducts its initial review of Sheldon’s complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 18 § 1915A. The Court ultimately finds that the following pleading deficiencies require the 19 complaint be dismissed with leave to amend. Sheldon has also filed a “Request for Investigator,” 20 Dkt. 8, which the Court construes as a request for appointment of counsel and denies…