Hernandez
Hernandez v. Williams
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LINO HERNANDEZ, Case No.: 21-cv-944-WQH-KSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER
v. DR. NATHAN WILLIAMS; DR. STEPKE; DR. NASIR; and DR. ERICA
ESTOCK,
16 Defendants. 17 HAYES, Judge: 18 On May 17, 2021, Plaintiff Lino Hernandez initiated this action by filing a 19 Complaint. (ECF No. 1). On August 12, 2021, Plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint 20 (“FAC”). (ECF No. 10). 21 On August 27, 2021, Plaintiff filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis. (ECF 22 No. 14). On September 22, 2021, the Court issued an Order granting the Motion to Proceed 23 In Forma Pauperis. (ECF No. 16). In that Order, the Court conducted a sua sponte screening 24 of the FAC pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2) and determined that “Plaintiff’s Eighth 25 Amendment allegations against Defendants are sufficient to survive the ‘low threshold’ set 26 for sua sponte screening.” (Id. at 4). 27 28 On November 3, 2021, Plaintiff sent Defendants a request for waiver of service of summons of the FAC, and on November 19, 2021, all…