(PC) Dean v. Sacramento County
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SHAUN DUPREE DEAN, JR., No. 2:24-cv-0139 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE SACRAMENTO COUNTY, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff is a former county and current state inmate who filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law without a lawyer. I. Procedural History On March 31, 2025, the undersigned screened the first amended complaint and found that plaintiff had stated claims against both the named and Doe defendants, and directed plaintiff to return service paperwork for the known defendants. ECF No. 15. Plaintiff was further advised that service on the Doe defendants could not be accomplished until they were identified, and he was instructed to seek to discover their identities and substitute them into the case as soon as possible. Id. After service was ordered on defendants Fadaki and Sacramento County (ECF No. 17), plaintiff filed a motion to amend the complaint and a proposed…