Pumphrey
Pumphrey v. Contra Costa County
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 TYRONE PUMPHREY, Case No. 20-cv-08474-JSC
Plaintiff,
SCREENING ORDER PURSUANT TO
v. 28 U.S.C. § 1915
COLTON HARVEY, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 1 Defendants.
This matter involves civil rights claims arising from Tyrone Pumphrey’s encounters with police officers employed by the City of Pittsburg in Contra Costa County, California, as well as Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Deputies. Mr. Pumphrey, proceeding in forma pauperis, filed the instant complaint against City of Pittsburg Officers Colton Harvey, Dillon Tindall, Jesus Arellano, Thompson, Goldman, Oreja, Seaborn, as well as Contra Costa County and Contra Costa Sheriff’s Deputies Does 1-25 (collectively, “Defendants”). (Dkt. No. 1 at 2-3 ¶¶ 1-11.) The Court previously granted Mr. Pumphrey’s application to proceed in forma pauperis. (Dkt. No. 6.) The Court must now review the complaint’s allegations under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Because Mr. Pumphrey’s complaint adequately states…