Blake

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TOM BLAKE, Case No.: 21-cv-1875-MMA (AHG)

CDCR #T-77278,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

Plaintiff, PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS vs. AND DIRECTING U.S. MARSHAL

TO EFFECT SERVICE OF

COMPLAINT AND SUMMONS CALVIN A. CALALANG, Correctional PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d) 16 Officer, AND FED. R. CIV. P. 4(c)(3) Defendant. [Doc. No. 2] 19 20 Plaintiff Tom Blake, a transgender inmate currently incarcerated at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”), and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Doc. No. 1 (“Compl.”). Plaintiff claims a Correctional Officer at RJD used excessive force against her on February 26, 2021, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Id. at 1, 2‒4. She alleges to have sustained a sprained hand and wrist as a result. Id. at 3‒4. …