Tampkins

Case 5:16-cv-01975-JFW-JC Document Filed 03/23/ Page 1 of Page ID #:537

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 ANTHONY EUGENE VALDIVIA, Case No. 5:16-cv-01975-JFW-JC 12 Plaintiff, MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DISMISSING ACTION v. 14 CYNTHIA Y. TAMPKINS, et al., 15 Defendants. 17 I. BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY On September 15, 2016, plaintiff Anthony Eugene Valdivia, who was then in custody, is proceeding pro se and has been granted leave to proceed without prepayment of the filing fee, filed a Civil Rights Complaint (“Original Complaint”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against fourteen defendants connected with the California Rehabilitation Center, Norco where plaintiff was housed.1 On December 19, 2016, this Court screened and dismissed the Original Complaint with leave to amend (“December Order”). The December Order advised 26 27 1Plaintiff has apparently since been released from custody. See Docket No. 22 (Notice of Change of Address). Case 5:16-cv-01975-JFW-JC Document Filed 03/23/ Page…