Tyler

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 KEVIN TYLER, Case No. 20cv888-MMA (MSB)

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

vs. PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS;

F. SALAS, et al., [Doc. No. 2] Defendants.

DIRECTING U.S. MARSHAL TO

EFFECT SERVICE OF COMPLAINT

AND SUMMONS PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d) AND 16 Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(c)(3) 17 Plaintiff Kevin Tyler, currently incarcerated at the California State Prison – Sacramento (“CSP-SAC”) located in Represa, California, has filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff, represented by counsel, did not prepay the civil filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) when he filed his Complaint; instead, he filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). See Doc. No. 2. Plaintiff alleges he was subjected to excessive force in violation of his Eighth Amendment rights when he was previously housed at the Richard J.…