Flournoy

1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 8 JAMES HENRY FLOURNOY, P00154293, Case No. 23-cv-04798-CRB (PR)

9 Plaintiff,

ORDER OF SERVICE

10 v.

11 DR. ANJULI BASU, et al., (ECF Nos. 4 & 6) 12 Defendant(s).

13 Plaintiff, a pretrial detainee at the Marin County Jail (MCJ) facing state criminal charges in 14 Marin County Superior Court and other state county superior courts, and a frequent litigant in 15 federal court, has filed a pro se complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 claiming deliberate indifference 16 to his serious medical needs in connection with the discontinuation of his prescription for 17 Suboxone for opioid addiction by several MCJ officials. Plaintiff seeks damages and declaratory/ 18 injunctive relief, including a preliminary injunction compelling MCJ officials to reinstate his 19 prescription for Suboxone. 20 DISCUSSION 21 A. Standard of Review 22 Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek 23 redress from a governmental entity or officer…