Allen
Allen v. Diaz
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL ALLEN, Case No.: 20-CV-1389 JLS (MDD)
CDCR #H-42389,
ORDER (1) GRANTING MOTION
Plaintiff, TO PROCEED IN FORMA vs. PAUPERIS, AND (2) SCREENING
COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO
28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2) AND 1915A(b) RALPH DIAZ, Secretary; 16 DR. THERESA CURRIER-DU; and (ECF Nos. 1, 2) NURSE SALAGADO, Defendants.
Plaintiff Michael Allen, a California state prisoner incarcerated at Calipatria State Prison in Calipatria, California, at the time of the events, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging denial of his rights under the First and Eighth Amendments by the discontinuation of his medication for one month in deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs in retaliation for successfully seeking a writ of habeas corpus. See generally ECF No. 1 (“Compl.”). He has not prepaid the civil filing fee, but rather has…