Horacio Padilla v. LA County Jail

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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9 HORACIO PADILLA, ) Case No. 2:21-cv-10003-FLA (SP) ) 10 Plaintiff, ) ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER 11 v. ) SUMMARILY DISMISSING ACTION ) FOR FAILURE TO PROSECUTE 12 L.A. COUNTY JAIL, ) ) 13 Defendant. ) ) 14 ) _____________________________ ) 15

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PROCEEDINGS

18 On December 29, 2021, plaintiff Horacio Padilla, a California state prisoner 19 proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, filed a civil rights Complaint under 42 U.S.C. 20 § 1983. Plaintiff alleges he was misclassified upon intake which led to his being brutally 21 attacked by other inmates. The Complaint names one defendant: Los Angeles County 22 Jail, North County Correctional Facility (NCCF). 23 The court issued its initial order in this action on January 21, 2022, in which the 24 court advised plaintiff it was screening the complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2) 25 and 1915A. In accordance with the terms of the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 26 (“PLRA”), the court screened the Complaint for…