Clendenin
(PC) Owens v. Clendenin
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHNNY OWENS, Case No. 1:23-cv-01056-EPG (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING DEFENDANTS TO
FILE SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF TO MOTION
13 v. TO DISMISS
14 STEPHANIE CLENDENIN, et al., SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEF DUE IN FOURTEEN DAYS Defendants. ORDER HOLDING MOTION TO DISMISS IN
ABEYANCE
17 On July 14, 2023, Plaintiff filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 18 against Department of State Hospital officials and employees. (ECF No. 1). Plaintiff’s complaint 19 states that he is a “civil detainee held pursuant to Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA).” (Id. at 20 7). Plaintiff also alleges that “[a]s a civil detainee, Plaintiff is neither a jail/prison inmate, but a 21 citizen being involuntarily detained for treatment and rehabilitation[.]” (Id. at 9) (emphasis 22 added). 23 On March 14, 2024, the Court screened Plaintiff’s complaint, finding that Plaintiff stated a 24 cognizable Fourteenth Amendment…