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) DENYING MOTION TO
Plaintiff, APPOINT COUNSEL; AND vs. (2) DISMISSING FIRST AMENDED
COMPLAINT
S. ROBERTS, M.D.; JUSTIN B. KING;
MARCUS POLLARD,
(ECF No. 9) Defendants. 15 16 I. Procedural History On March 18, 2020, Plaintiff Anthony Leavone Norvell, currently incarcerated at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) in San Diego, California, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Compl., ECF No. 1. Plaintiff sought 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. Plaintiff also filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a), see ECF No. 2, and a “Motion to Appoint Counsel.” See ECF No. 6.…