Andre Patterson v. G. Cortez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EASTERN DIVISION 11 ANDRE PATTERSON, ) No. ED CV 19-0907-RGK (PLA) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT WITH ) LEAVE TO AMEND G. CORTEZ, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) 17 Plaintiff, a state prisoner presently incarcerated at the California Institution for Men, Chino, California, filed a pro se civil rights action herein pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on May 15, 2019. (ECF No. 1). Plaintiff also filed a request to proceed without prepayment of the filing fee, which was subsequently granted. (ECF Nos. 3, 8). Plaintiff names as defendants Correctional Counselor Cortez, Warden Borders, Correctional Counselor Vaca, Correctional Counselor Gosserand, and Director Gibson. All defendants are named in their individual capacities. (ECF No. 1 at 3-4). Plaintiff purports to raise one claim, for a violation of his due process rights to a “state created liberty interest to be…