Taylor

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MATTHEW SCOTT TAYLOR, Case No.: 23-cv-206-MMA (JLB)

CDCR #BC-7959,

ORDER: (1) GRANTING MOTION

Plaintiff, TO PROCEED IN FORMA vs. PAUPERIS; (2) DISMISSING

DEFENDANT CDCR PURSUANT TO

28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2)(B) & 1915A(b);

CALIFORNIA DEP’T OF AND (3) DIRECTING USMS TO

CORRECTIONS; TORRES; JANE DOE EFFECT SERVICE OF COMPLAINT

NO. 1; JOHN DOE NO. 2; DOES 1-5, Defendants. [Doc. No. 2]

19 20 Plaintiff Matthew Scott Taylor (“Plaintiff” or “Taylor”), proceeding pro se, is currently incarcerated at Corcoran State Prison located in Corcoran, California, and has filed a civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Doc. No. 1 (“Compl.”). Taylor alleges Defendants violated his Eighth Amendment rights by failing to properly protect him when he was attacked by a fellow inmate. See id. at 5–6. Taylor did not prepay the civil filing fee…