Hernandez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LINO HERNANDEZ, Case No.: 21-cv-944-WQH-KSC

Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR v. SCREENING

DR. NATHAN WILLIAMS; DR. NASIR;

DR. STEPKE; and DR. ERIKA ESTOCK, [Doc. No. 37] Defendants. 17 This is a civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by plaintiff Lino Hernandez (“plaintiff”), a prisoner who is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis. Before the Court is defendants’ Request for Screening of the Second Amended Complaint (the “Request”), in which defendants request that the Court screen plaintiff’s Second Amended Complaint (“SAC”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § § 1915A (hereafter “Section 1915A”). Doc. No. 37. For the reasons stated below, defendants’ Request is DENIED. BACKGROUND Plaintiff commenced this action on May 17, 2021, alleging that defendants violated his rights under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments (the “Initial Complaint”). Doc. 27 …