Holestine

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 ERNEST KELLY HOLESTINE, Case No.: 3:20-cv-0159-LAB-JLB

CDCR #J-01366,

ORDER:

Plaintiff, 12 vs. 1) GRANTING MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

[ECF No. 2] AND PATRICK COVELLO, et al., 15 Defendants. 2) DIRECTING U.S. MARSHAL TO EFFECT SERVICE OF COMPLAINT

AND SUMMONS PURSUANT TO

17 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d) AND Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(c)(3)

Ernest Kelly Holestine (“Plaintiff”), currently incarcerated at Salinas Valley State Prison (“SVSP”) in Soledad, California, and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming various prison officials at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJDCF”) violated his Eighth Amendment rights by failing to protect him from the assault of another inmate, labeling him an informant and conspiring against him. He further contends prison officials violated his First Amendment rights…