Salmen
Salmen v. Hodges
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JUSTIN SALMEN, Case No.: 3:21-cv-0966-JLS-DEB
CDCR #BK-5881,
ORDER (1) DISMISSING CIVIL
Plaintiff, ACTION PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. vs. § 1915A(b)(1) AND (2) DENYING
MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA
J. HODGES, Chief Physician,
PAUPERIS AS MOOT Defendant. 16 (ECF No. 2) 17 18 19 Plaintiff Justin Salmen, 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). I. Sua Sponte Screening Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) The Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1915A, obligates the Court to review…