Norvell
Norvell v. Roberts
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 ANTHONY LEAVONE NORVELL, Case No.: 3:20-CV-0512 JLS (NLS)
CDCR #AA-0214,
ORDER: (1) GRANTING MOTION TO
Plaintiff, PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS; vs. (2) DENYING MOTION TO APPOINT
COUNSEL; AND (3) DISMISSING
S. ROBERTS, M.D.; JUSTIN B. KING;
COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO
MARCUS POLLARD,
28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2) & 1915A(b) Defendants. 15 (ECF Nos. 2, 6) 16 17 18 19 20 21 Plaintiff Anthony Leavone Norvell, currently incarcerated at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) in San Diego, California, is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Compl., ECF No. 1. Plaintiff seeks to sue his treating physician at Alvarado Hospital, Dr. Justin King; RJD’s Chief Medical Executive, Dr. D. Roberts; and Warden Marcus Pollard, alleging they all failed to provide him adequate medical care for a hernia. See id. at 10‒16. / / / Plaintiff has not paid…