Kimes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Case No.: 3:21-cv-0124-CAB-AHG

KENNETH K. KIMES,

CDCR #V-80313, ORDER

13 Plaintiff, (1) DISMISSING CLAIMS AND 14 v. DEFENDANTS PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) AND 28 U.S.C. RANDOLPH, et al., § 1915A(b) 16 Defendants. AND

18 (2) DIRECTING U.S. MARSHAL TO EFFECT SERVICE UPON

DEFENDANT COWART PURSUANT

20 TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d) AND FED. R. CIV. P. 4(c)(3)

23 I. Procedural History On January 21, 2021, Plaintiff Kenneth Kimes, currently incarcerated at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) in San Diego, California, and proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Section 1983. (See Compl., ECF No. 1.) In addition, Plaintiff filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) (See ECF No. 2.) On February 12, 2021, the…