Moore
Moore v. Duran
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MERRICK MOORE, Case No.: 3:23-cv-0194-GPC-DDL
CDCR #H-82249,
ORDER: (1) SCREENING
Plaintiff, COMPLAINT PURSUANT vs. TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a) AND 14 (2) DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT
J.J. DURAN; D. MANQUERO; J.
TO ISSUE A SUMMONS PURSUANT
VALENCIA; W. SMITH; A.
TO Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(b) GONZALEZ; P. BRACAMONTE; S.
ANDERSON; A. CORTEZ; P.
COVELLO; S. SEARLESS; C. DAVIS;
M. CASTILLO, Defendants. 20 Plaintiff Merrick Moore, currently incarcerated at Salinas Valley State Prison (“SVSP”), is proceeding pro se in this civil action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Compl., ECF No. 1. Plaintiff claims Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) officials violated his Eighth Amendment rights by using excessive force against him in August of 2018. See generally Comp. Plaintiff seeks $750,000 in general and punitive damages and demands a jury trial. Id. at…