(PC) Smith v. Yuba County Sheriff Department

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 TORIANO GERMAINE SMITH, No. 2:19-cv-1765 AC P Plaintiff, v. ORDER YUBA COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 I. Introduction Plaintiff is an inmate at Deuel Vocational Institution under the authority of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), proceeding pro se with a civil rights complaint filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and a request to proceed in forma pauperis filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Plaintiff challenges conditions of his prior confinement at the Yuba County Main Jail. This action is referred to the undersigned United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 302(c). For the following reasons, the court grants plaintiff’s request to proceed in forma pauperis but finds that the complaint does not state a claim upon which relief may be granted. Plaintiff will be granted leave to amend. //// //// II. In Forma Pauperis…