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Timestamp: 2017-07-20 12:55:05
Document Index: 715755503

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1983', '§ 1915', '§ 636', '§ 1915', '§ 1914', '§ 1915', '§ 1915']

| Michael V. Ford v. Dorothy Swingle
Michael V. Ford v. Dorothy Swingle
MICHAEL V. FORD, PLAINTIFF,v.DOROTHY SWINGLE, CMO, DEFENDANTS.
Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel. Plaintiff seeks relief pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and has requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. This proceeding was referred to this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Rule 302.
Plaintiff has submitted a declaration that makes the showing required by 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. Plaintiff is required to pay the statutory filing fee of $350.00 for this action. 28 U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(b)(1). By this order, plaintiff will be assessed an initial partial filing fee in accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(1). By separate order, the court will direct the appropriate agency to collect the initial partial filing fee from plaintiff's prison trust account and forward it to the Clerk of the Court. Thereafter, plaintiff will be obligated to make monthly payments of twenty percent of the preceding month's income credited to plaintiff's prison trust account. These payments will be forwarded by the appropriate agency to the Clerk of the Court each time the amount in plaintiff's account exceeds $10.00, until the filing fee is paid in full. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(b)(2).
Plaintiff alleges that after his transfer to High Desert State Prison on February 14, 2011, plaintiff's efforts to obtain medical treatment for his multiple myeloma cancer were ignored. Plaintiff states he filed administrative appeals, but that during this process he was denied medication. Plaintiff claims it was not until August 4, 2011, that he was able to receive the "appropriate cancer treatment." (Dkt. No. 1.)
Plaintiff seeks damages, including punitive damages, for the pain and cruel and unusual punishment incurred "from the negligence of delayed [treatment] related w/malpractice." (Dkt. No. 1 at 3.)
Plaintiff names only Chief Medical Officer Swingle as a defendant. However, plaintiff included no charging allegations as to defendant Swingle. Plaintiff must include factual allegations as to what defendant Swingle did, or failed to do, that demonstrates she ...