Stover

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AHKEEM DESHAVIER WILLIAMS, No. 1:20-cv-00063-NONE-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS AND DISMISSING

v. ACTION WITH PREJUDICE AS

MALICIOUS AND FOR FAILURE TO

ROBERT H. STOVER, et al., STATE A CLAIM

Defendants. (Doc. No. 9)

16 17 18 Plaintiff Ahkeem Deshavier Williams, a state prisoner, is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In this action, plaintiff is not challenging the conditions of his confinement. Instead, he seeks redress with respect to his February 21, 2017 arrest for animal cruelty and a subsequent criminal proceeding in state court. (Doc. No. 1 at 4.) At a preliminary hearing held in the Kings County Superior Court on May 3, 2017 after his arrest, plaintiff alleges he received certain reports regarding his February 21, 2017 arrest that he found to be false. (Id.) Plaintiff allegedly informed the superior court and his appointed public…