Sanchez-Rivera
Sanchez-Rivera v. United States
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JUAN SANCHEZ-RIVERA, Case No. 22-cv-1254-BAS-BGS Reg. No. 073-830-803
ORDER:
Plaintiff, 13 v. (1) GRANTING MOTION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
PAUPERIS [ECF No. 2]; AND Defendant. 16 (2) DIRECTING U.S. MARSHAL TO
EFFECT SERVICE OF
COMPLAINT PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(d) AND Fed. R. Civ. 19 P. 4(c)(3)
Juan Sanchez-Rivera (“Plaintiff”), a federal immigration detainee at the Imperial Regional Detention Facility (“IRDF”) in Calexico, California, and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil action (“Compl.”), alleging claims under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”), 28 U.S.C. § 1346 and § 2674. (Compl., ECF No. 1.) In addition, Plaintiff seeks to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). (IFP Mot., ECF No. 2.) For the reasons set forth 28 below, the Court GRANTS the IFP Motion and finds Plaintiff has alleged an FTCA claim sufficient to survive…