Edwards

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALLEN EDWARDS, Case No.: 3:21-cv-1157-DMS-WVG

CDCR #V-17007,

12 1) SCREENING COMPLAINT Plaintiff, PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915A v.

AND

MARCUS POLLARD, Warden; 15 B.D. PHILLIPS, Associate Warden; 2) DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT D. LEWIS, Associate Warden;

TO ISSUE A SUMMONS PURSUANT

EDGAR GARCIA, Facility Captain, TO Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(b) Defendants. 18 19 Plaintiff Allen Edwards, currently incarcerated at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) in San Diego, California, is proceeding pro se in this case pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. I. Procedural Background Together with his Complaint, Plaintiff filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). See ECF No. 2. On July 29, 2021, the Court denied Plaintiff’s Motion because the financial affidavits he submitted in support failed to demonstrate he was unable to pay civil filing fees and dismissed the case based on…