Littlejohn

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MAURICE D. LITTLEJOHN, Case No.: 23-cv-0297-BAS-MDD Booking No. 22728794,

ORDER:

Plaintiff, (1) GRANTING MOTION FOR vs. LEAVE TO PROCEED IN 14 FORMA PAUPERIS (ECF No.

2); AND TREVOR GALLAGHER, et al., (2) SCREENING PURSUANT TO Defendants. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B) AND 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(b) 18 19 Plaintiff, currently detained at George Bailey Detention Facility (“GBDF”), is proceeding pro se and has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff claims Defendants, all officers with the San Diego Police Department, used excessive force against him in violation of his Fourth Amendment rights, causing him to be hospitalized with “broken ribs, [a] broken ta[i]l bone, and blood clots” in his lungs and legs. (Id. at 3.) He seeks compensatory and punitive damages. (Id. at 7.) Plaintiff has also…