Ayala

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JUAN CARLOS GARCIA AYALA, Case No.: 3:23-cv-00497-RBM-NLS

CDCR #AX-4448,

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO

Plaintiff, PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS v. AND DISMISSING CIVIL ACTION

WITHOUT PREJUDICE PURSUANT

T. ARMSTEAD, Correctional Officer;

TO 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a) RIVERA, Correctional Officer;

JOHNSON, Correctional Officer; [Doc. 2] ARCINIEGA, Correctional Officer, 17 Defendants. 18 19 Plaintiff Juan Carlos Garcia Ayala, currently incarcerated at California Health Care Facility (“CHCF”), in Stockton, California, and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (See Doc. 1, “Compl.”) Ayala claims Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) Officers Armstead and Rivera used excessive force against him on August 8, 2022, while preparing him for post-surgical transport from Alvarado Hospital. (Id. at 8‒10.) Ayala further alleges Defendants Johnson and Arciniega 26 …