(PC) Christensen v. Sacramento County Sheriff Dept.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHAD ANDRE CHRISTENSEN, Case No. 2:24-cv-2088-JDP (P) Plaintiff, v. ORDER SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF

DEPARTMENT,

15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff, former county inmate proceeding pro se, filed a complaint alleging that defendant Sacramento County Sheriff Department placed him in a holding cell filled with sewage. Because the complaint fails to properly allege a cause of action against defendant, I will dismiss the complaint and give plaintiff an opportunity to amend. I will also grant plaintiff’s application to proceed in forma pauperis, which makes the required showing. Screening and Pleading Requirements A complaint must contain a short and plain statement that plaintiff is entitled to relief, Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2), and provide “enough facts to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face,” Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 570 (2007). The plausibility standard does not require detailed allegations,…