Curtis Clifford Ingram v. C. Rachal

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 CURTIS CLIFFORD INGRAM, Case No. CV 19-5605-DOC (KK) Plaintiff, v. ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT

WITH LEAVE TO AMEND

C. RACHAL, ET AL.,

Defendant(s).

15 16 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Curtis Clifford Ingram (“Plaintiff”), proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed a Complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”) alleging violations of Plaintiff’s First and Eighth Amendment rights. For the reasons discussed below, the Court dismisses the Complaint with leave to amend. II. ALLEGATIONS IN THE COMPLAINT On June 24, 2019, Plaintiff, an inmate at Ironwood State Prison, constructively filed1 a Complaint against Correctional Officers C. Rachal and M. Sauceda 27 1 Under the “mailbox rule,” when a pro se inmate gives prison authorities a pleading to mail to court, the court deems the pleading constructively “filed” on the date it is signed. …