Blake

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TOM BLAKE, Case No.: 3:23-cv-01831-CAB-BLM

CDCR #T77278,

ORDER:

Plaintiff, 13 vs. (1) GRANTING MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

S. OROZCO,

[ECF No. 2]; Defendant. 16 (2) DIRECTING U.S. MARSHAL TO EFFECT SERVICE OF COMPLAINT

AND SUMMONS PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. § 1915(d) AND FED. R. CIV. P. 4(c)(3)

20 Tom Blake (“Plaintiff” or “Blake”), currently incarcerated at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) and proceeding pro se, has filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. See Compl., ECF No. 1. He alleges that while he was incarcerated at R.J.D., the Defendant violated his Eighth Amendment rights. Id. Plaintiff did not pay the filing fee required by 28 U.S.C. § 1914(a), but instead filed a Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (“IFP”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). ECF No. 2. / / / / / / …