(PC) Benton v. CDCR North Kern State Prison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LEANDRUS BENTON ) Case No.: 1:24-cv-0370 JLT EPG (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER ADOPTING IN FULL THE FINDINGS ) AND RECOMMENDATIONS, DISMISSING THIS v. ) ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE, AND ) DIRECTING THE CLERK OF COURT TO CLOSE CDCR NORTH KERN STATE PRISON, ) THIS CASE ) Defendant. ) (Doc. 16) ) )

Leandrus Benton is a state prisoner, who seeks to hold the “CDCR North Kern State Prison” liable for violations of his civil rights, asserting CDCR procedures and California Title 15 regulations were violated because his cell was not searched prior to Plaintiff being housed in it at NKSP. (See generally Doc. 1.) The magistrate judge screened Plaintiff’s complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915A(a) and found Plaintiff failed to state a cognizable claim upon which relief may be granted under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (Doc. 12 at 3-8.) The Court granted 30 days for Plaintiff to file an amended complaint or…