Anthony McDaniel Jr. v. SST. Alton
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ANTHONY MCDANIEL, JR., Case No. CV 23-0878 SB (PVC)
Plaintiff,
ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT
v. WITH LEAVE TO AMEND SST. ALTON, et al., Defendants. 16 I. INTRODUCTION 19 On January 31, 2023, Plaintiff Anthony McDaniel, Jr., a California state pretrial detainee proceeding pro se, constructively filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (“Complaint” or “Compl.,” Dkt. No. 1). Plaintiff filed a request to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”) on March 20, 2023, (Dkt. No. 7), which was granted on March 27, 2023. (Dkt. No. 8).
1 The “mailbox rule” announced by the Supreme Court in Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988), applies to section 1983 cases. See Douglas v. Noelle, 567 F.3d 1103, 1107 (9th Cir. 2009). Pursuant to the mailbox rule, pro se prisoner legal filings are deemed filed on the date the prisoner delivers the document to prison officials for…