Hairston

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KEVIN TYRONE IZAL HAIRSTON, Case No.: 23cv0153-GPC (WVG)

CDCR #BF-2040,

ORDER:

Plaintiff, 13 vs. (1) GRANTING MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS,

D. STRAYHORN,

and Defendant. 16 (2) DIRECTING U.S. MARSHAL TO EFFECT SERVICE OF COMPLAINT

AND SUMMONS PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. § 1915(d) & Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(c)(3) 20 Plaintiff Kevin Tyrone Izal Hairston, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff claims that while housed at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) in San Diego, California, Defendant RJD Correctional Officer D. Strayhorn placed him in a chokehold and threw him against a wall without justification and threatened to kill him if he filed an inmate grievance regarding the incident. (See id.) Plaintiff has not paid the civil filing fee but has instead filed a…