Ward
Ward v. Pascual
United States District Court, Southern District of CaliforniaMarch 25, 20243:23-cv-01423California4,453 words
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSEPH WARD, Case No.: 3:23-cv-1423-BAS-AHG
CDCR #BN-7790,
ORDER:
Plaintiff, 13 vs. (1) SCREENING SECOND
AMENDED COMPLAINT
CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS
PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. PASCUAL, SOSA and MASSARO, §§ 1915(e)(2) & 1915A(b); Defendants. (2) DISMISSING DEFENDANTS SOSA AND MASSARO; and
(3) DIRECTING U.S. MARSHAL TO
EFFECT SERVICE OF SECOND
AMENDED COMPLAINT AND
SUMMONS AS TO DEFENDANT
PASCUAL PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C.
22 § 1915(d) & Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(c)(3) 23 On July 31, 2023, Plaintiff Joseph Ward, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a civil rights Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 along with a motion to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) and a motion to appoint counsel. (ECF Nos. 1–3.) Plaintiff claims that while housed at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility (“RJD”) in…