(PC)Hill
(PC)Hill v. Rios
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CYMEYON HILL, No. 2:18-cv-3224-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
RIOS, et al., Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, a civil detainee, proceeds without counsel in this action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The court dismissed his initial complaint with leave to amend on July 24, 2019. ECF No. 10. Plaintiff has since filed two amended complaints (ECF Nos. 14 & 18) which, substantively, address two entirely different incidents. The court will screen the later filed complaint, direct service for those defendants, and recommend that the defendants associated with the earlier filed complaint be dismissed without prejudice. Screening I. Legal Standards Pursuant to § 1915(e)(2), the court must dismiss the case at any time if it determines the allegation of poverty is untrue, or if the action is frivolous or malicious, fails to state a claim on which…