Woods
Woods v. Health Care Specialty Services
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL PHILLIP WOODS, Case No.: 22-cv-1055-MMA (AGS)
CDCR #BG-8263,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
Plaintiff, PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS; vs. 14 [Doc. No. 5]
HEALTH CARE SPECIALTY
DENYING MOTION TO APPOINT
SERVICES and CENTINELA STATE
COUNSEL; AND
PRISON,
17 Defendants. [Doc. No. 7]
DISMISSING COMPLAINT WITH
LEAVE TO AMEND PURSUANT TO
20 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2)(B) & 1915A(b) 21 Plaintiff Michael Phillip Woods, a state prisoner incarcerated at Centinela State Prison in San Diego, California, is proceeding pro se with a civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Doc. No. 4. Plaintiff claims his rights to medical care and to be free from cruel and unusual punishment were violated when he received inadequate medical treatment for a broken wrist. Id. at 3–4. Plaintiff has not paid the civil filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) and has instead filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”)…