Pulu
Pulu v. Costa
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MOSES PULU, Case No.: 23cv1582-JO-BGS
CDCR #H-86891,
Plaintiff, ORDER SCREENING COMPLAINT v. PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1915
A. COSTA, M. McVAY and CDCR,
15 Defendants. 16 17
Plaintiff Moses Pulu (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner incarcerated at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“Donovan”) in San Diego, California. Proceeding pro se, he filed a civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that Correctional Officer Costa slammed a cell door on him and that Warden McVay and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) failed to properly supervise Costa or investigate the incident. Dkt. 1, Complaint. For the reasons below, the Court dismisses Plaintiff’s claims against Defendants McVay and CDCR and allows his claims against Officer Costa to proceed. /// /// I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, an inmate at…