Masiel
Masiel v. Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROBERT MARTIN MASIEL III, Case No. 22-cv-2000-BAS-BLM
CDCR #F25060,
ORDER:
Plaintiff, 13 v. (1) DISMISSING COMPLAINT
PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915A
RICHARD J. DONOVAN Correctional AND § 1915(e)(2)(B); AND Facility; C. ROJAS, Reviewing Authority,
16 Defendants. (2) GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE AN AMENDED COMPLAINT
Robert Martin Masiel, II (“Plaintiff” or “Masiel”), currently incarcerated at Richard J. Donavan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) and proceeding pro se, has filed a prisoners’ rights action pursuant to U.S.C. § 1983, alleging Defendants violated his Eighth Amendment rights by failing to protect him from inmates who are members of a Security Threat Group (“STG”) from which Masiel recently disassociated. (See generally Compl., ECF No. 1.) Although he has paid the requisite civil filing fee, this Court nevertheless must undertake a pre-answer screening of the…