Michael Alan Dean Hill v. El Dorado County, et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 MICHAEL ALAN DEAN HILL, No. 2:25-cv-00751 SCR P Plaintiff, v. ORDER EL DORADO COUNTY, et al., Defendants. 15 Plaintiff is a pretrial criminal detainee proceeding pro se with a civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff’s first amended complaint (“FAC”) is before the undersigned for screening under 28 U.S.C. § 1915A. For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned finds that plaintiff’s FAC states a cognizable First and Fourteenth Amendment denial of access to the courts claim against defendant Cemo and a cognizable Fourteenth Amendment procedural due process claim against defendant Balderas, but not other cognizable claims. Plaintiff will be given the option of proceeding on the FAC as screened or filing an amended complaint. IN FORMA PAUPERIS Plaintiff has requested leave to proceed without paying the full filing fee for this action, under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. He has submitted a…