(PC) Dresdner v. Sacramento County Jail

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHERYL D. DRESDNER, et al., No. 2:23-cv-2038 DAD CSK P Plaintiffs, v. ORDER SACRAMENTO COUNTY JAIL, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiffs proceed pro se and allege the wrongful death of inmate Kevin Dresdner while he was incarcerated in the Sacramento County Main Jail. Plaintiff Cheryl D. Dresdner, decedent’s widow, was granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF No. 6.) Plaintiffs seek relief under the Eighth Amendment based on federal question jurisdiction. This proceeding was referred to this Court by Local Rule 302 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). Plaintiffs’ first amended complaint is before the Court. As discussed below, the first amended complaint is dismissed with leave to amend. I. BACKGROUND The original complaint was dismissed based on myriad pleading deficiencies, including failures to (a) identify the decedent, (b) explain the connection to the decedent, (c) indicate whether the decedent was a…