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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 CHRISTOPHER LEE CARD, Case No. 23-cv-06246-AMO (PR)

Plaintiff, ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH LEAVE

TO AMEND

v.

COUNTY OF ALAMEDA, et al., Defendants.

Plaintiff Christopher Lee Card, who is currently in custody at the Santa Rita Jail (“SRJ”), filed the instant civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, representing himself. Card’s claims stem from an incident on June 4, 2023 at the John George Psychiatric Hospital (“JGPH”). He has also filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, which will be granted in a separate written Order. Venue is proper in this judicial district because the events giving rise to the claim are alleged to have occurred at JGPH, which is located herein. See 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b). Card names the following defendants: “County of Alameda” and “Alameda County Behavioral Health Care.” Dkt. 1 at 2. Card seeks monetary and punitive damages. Id. at 5. The Court now reviews Card’s complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §…