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 DISMISSING FIRST
Plaintiff, AMENDED COMPLAINT WITH vs. LEAVE TO AMEND PURSUANT TO 14 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2)(B) & 1915A(b)
HEALTH CARE SPECIALTY
SERVICES, et al., Defendants. 18 On July 18, 2022, Plaintiff Michael Phillip Woods, a state prisoner incarcerated at Centinela State Prison in San Diego, California, proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Doc. No. 4. Plaintiff claimed he received inadequate medical care for a broken wrist. Id. at 3–4. On September 9, 2022, the Court granted Plaintiff leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) and screened the Complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2) & 1915A(b), under which the Court must sua sponte dismiss a prisoner’s IFP complaint, or any portion of it, which is frivolous, malicious, fails to state a claim, or seeks damages from…