Green
Green v. Thiessen
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CEDRIC EUGENE GREEN, Case No.: 3:17-cv-01156-JAH-BLM
Plaintiff,
ORDER APPOINTING PRO BONO
vs. COUNSEL PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(1) AND DR. B. THIESSEN, et al., S.D. Cal. Gen. Order 596 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff Cedric Eugene Green, proceeding without counsel and in forma pauperis, filed a Complaint pursuant to the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, on June 7, 2017, while he was incarcerated. (“Compl.”, ECF No. 1.) He has since been released, but alleges a staff psychologist and two correctional officers at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility acted with deliberate indifference to his health and safety in violation of the Eighth Amendment. (Id. at 1‒10.) Green claims that on July 14, 2016, Defendants either prevented or denied him access to mental health care, and that he attempted suicide by cutting his left wrist with a razor blade as a result. (Id. at 2‒12.) I. Procedural History …