Roettgen
Roettgen v. Paramo
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN ROETTGEN, Case No.: 3:21-cv-01285-CAB-BLM
CDCR #V-05142,
ORDER:
Plaintiff, 13 vs. 1) GRANTING MOTION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
[ECF No. 2] DANIEL PARAMO, Warden, et al., 16 Defendants. AND 17 2) DIRECTING U.S. MARSHAL TO
EFFECT SERVICE OF COMPLAINT
AND SUMMONS PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d) AND 20 Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(c)(3) 21 Plaintiff John Roettgen, currently incarcerated at California State Prison- Sacramento (“CSP-SAC”), and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Compl., ECF No. 1. Roettgen claims various prison officials at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) violated his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights while he was incarcerated there in July through September 2017. Id. at 1, 13‒24. He seeks $500,000 in compensatory and punitive damages. Id. at 24-25. Roettgen did not prepay the civil filing fee…