Avalos

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARQUELL SMITH, Case No.: 3:20-cv-01534-JAH-KSC Booking No. 20915351,

ORDER:

Plaintiff, 13 vs. 1) DENYING MOTION TO 14 APPOINT COUNSEL [ECF No. 7]

AVALOS; S. JACKSON; WILLIAM AND

GORE; FINLEY; SERGEANT

KIMBERLY; JOHN/JANE DOE; 2) DISMISSING FIRST AMENDED

LIEUTENANT CARDENAS; COMPLAINT FOR FAILING TO

SERGEANT WARD, STATE A CLAIM PURSUANT TO

Defendants. U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) & 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) 20 21 I. Procedural History On August 6, 2020, Marquell Smith (“Plaintiff”), a state inmate temporarily housed in the Vista Detention Facility (“VDF”) in San Diego, California and proceeding pro se, 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 28 to 28 U.S.C. §…