Valdez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RICARDO VALDEZ, Case No.: 21-cv-1500-MMA (RBM)

CDCR #E-98488,

ORDER DISMISSING CLAIMS AND

Plaintiff, DIRECTING U.S. MARSHAL TO vs. EFFECT SERVICE OF SECOND

AMENDED COMPLAINT AND

SUMMONS PURSUANT TO 28 DR. MARQUEZ, U.S.C. § 1915(d) & Fed. R. Civ. P. 16 Defendant. 4(c)(3) 17 18 On August 24, 2021, Ricardo Valdez (“Plaintiff” or “Valdez”), currently incarcerated at the Richard J. Donovan State Prison (“RJD”) located in San Diego, California, and proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Doc. No. 1. Plaintiff did not prepay the civil filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a); instead, he filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). On October 7, 2021, the Court granted Valdez’s IFP motion, dismissed some of the claims in his complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) and § 1915A(b),…