Goods

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHARLES FRANCIS GOODS, ) Case No.: 1:19-cv-0663-DAD- JLT ) Plaintiff, ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ) DISMISSING THE ACTION WITHOUT v. ) PREJUDICE ) BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPT., et al., ) ) Defendants. ) )

Charles Francis Goods asserts the Bakersfield Police Department and an unidentified police officer are liable for a violation of the First Amendment and a “threat to safety.” (Doc. 1) Because Plaintiff failed to allege facts sufficient for the Court to find he states a cognizable claim that invokes this Court’s jurisdiction, the Court recommends Plaintiff’s complaint be DISMISSED without prejudice. I. Background Plaintiff alleges that at an unidentified time, an officer with the Bakersfield Police Department told Plaintiff “to get out of the County of Kern” and “called [Plaintiff] a baby raper.” (Doc. 1 at 3) Plaintiff asserts he felt his life was threatened, and he went to the FBI to talk to an agent, who informed Plaintiff…