Zarkowski
Zarkowski v. County of Kern
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARK ALAN ZARKOWSKI, Case No. 1:25-cv-00063-KES-CDB
Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING
v. CERTAIN CLAIMS
14 COUNTY OF KERN, et al., Doc. 6 15 Defendants.
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19 Plaintiff Mark Alan Zarkowski is proceeding pro se in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. This matter was referred to a United States magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302. Plaintiff commenced this action on January 14, 2025. Doc. 1. Plaintiff did not pay a filing fee and instead filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”), which the assigned magistrate judge granted. Docs. 2, 3. On February 11, 2025, the magistrate judge screened the complaint and found that plaintiff sufficiently pleaded a Fourth Amendment claim against the two individual defendants but did not plead a cognizable municipal liability claim under section 1983. Doc. 4. Plaintiff was granted…