(PC) Zhang v. CA Dept. of State Hospitals

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEFF BAOLIANG ZHANG, Case No. 2:24-cv-1990-DC-JDP (P) Plaintiff, v. ORDER CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

STATE HOSPITALS,

15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff, a former mental health patient in the California state hospital system, brings this action against the California Department of State Hospitals (“CDSH”) and, as in his initial complaint, alleges various violations of his rights related to incidents occurring between 2012 and 2020. ECF No. 7 at 2. As with his initial pleading, the first amended complaint is noncompliant with Rule 8 because it does not plainly identify either the exact number of defendants or how each was personally involved in the alleged violation of plaintiff’s rights. Additionally, the amended complaint persists in joining multiple, unrelated claims against more than one defendant. For these reasons, I will dismiss the complaint without prejudice. Plaintiff shall have one final opportunity to amend and remedy these…