Santos Ovalle v. Orange County Sheriff Department

Case 8:22-cv-02198-MCS-KES Document Filed 03/09/ Page 1 of Page ID #:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SANTOS OVALLE, Case No. 8:22-cv-02198-MCS-KES

Plaintiff,

ORDER DISMISSING ACTION

v.

WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR LACK

ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF OF PROSECUTION

DEPARTMENT, et al.,

Defendants.

I.

BACKGROUND In December 2022, the Court received a civil Complaint alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 from Santos Ovalle (“Plaintiff”). (Dkt. 1.) Plaintiff currently resides at the Coalinga State Mental Hospital. (Id. at 11.) At the time of the events alleged in the Complaint, he had completed a state prison sentence and was awaiting civil commitment proceedings under California’s Sexually Violent

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