Flowers

Flowers v. Ahern

Good Law
650 F. Supp. 2d 988·2009 WL 1916808·2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 56692
United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaJuly 1, 2009C 08-4179 CW (PR)California1,982 words

Opinion

Opinion

Wilken, J.

ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH LEAVE TO AMEND

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff Joseph Flowers, who is currently incarcerated in the Marin County Jail, has filed a pro se complaint under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . He has been granted leave to proceed informa pauperis.

Venue is proper because Plaintiff alleges constitutional violations against him by jail officials at the Santa Rita County Jail and the North County Jail, which are both located in the Northern District of California. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 84 (a), 1391(b).

BACKGROUND

Plaintiff alleges multiple constitutional violations, which he experienced while he was incarcerated at Santa Rita County Jail and North County Jail in 2007. (Compl. at 3-18.) He claims he was given “spoiled and unhealthy” meals, subjected to “solitary confinement as a result of his refusal to cease and desist from practicing law,” subjected to mail tampering, “beaten near death,” subjected to deliberate indifference to his serious medical needs,” “sexually assaulted and discriminated against upon at least fourteen different occasions,” housed in administrative segregation for “the duration of [his] incarceration for unfound reasons,” and placed in a cell with “mainline inmates,”…

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