Valdez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICARDO VALDEZ, Case No.: 3:20-CV-0736 JLS (WVG)

CDCR #E-98488,

ORDER: (1) GRANTING MOTION

Plaintiff, TO PROCEED IN FORMA vs. PAUPERIS; AND (2) DISMISSING

COMPLAINT FOR FAILING TO

DR. ZHANG; SCHOBELOCK;

STATE A CLAIM PURSUANT TO

WARDEN; OFFICER DOE#1.

U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) & 28 U.S.C. S. ROBERTS; CDCR; DOE #2, § 1915A(b) Defendants. (ECF No. 2) 19 Plaintiff Ricardo Valdez, currently incarcerated at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) located in San Diego, California, and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (See Compl., ECF No. 1). Plaintiff 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) (ECF No. 2). 26 …