Maurice Harper v. State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 MAURICE HARPER, Case No. 2:24-cv-10461-FMO-JC
Plaintiff,
ORDER DISMISSING FIRST
v. AMENDED COMPLAINT WITH
LEAVE TO AMEND AND
STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et. al., DIRECTING PLAINTIFF TO
RESPOND TO ORDER
Defendants. 16
I. SUMMARY
18 On November 25, 2024, Plaintiff Maurice Harper, who is in state custody, is 19 proceeding pro se, and has been granted leave to proceed without prepayment of 20 filing fees (“IFP”), filed a Civil Rights Complaint, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 21 (“Section 1983”), which was soon followed by another complaint, filed on January 22 28, 2025, that is construed as Plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint (or “FAC”). 23 (Docket Nos. 1, 6; see also Docket No. 7). Plaintiff claims the following 24 Defendants violated his rights under the First and Eighth Amendments,1 the 25 Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), and the Religious Land Use and 26 Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (“RLUIPA”), at the California Men’s 27 28 1As noted below, Plaintiff also…