Hayes

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHARLES HAYES, ) Case No.: 1:19-cv-01722-JLT ) Plaintiff, ) ORDER DENYING MOTION TO AMEND ) COMPLAINT v. ) ) (Doc. 18) KERN COUNTY, ) Defendant. ) ) )

Plaintiff seeks leave to file a first amended complaint. (Doc. 18.) Defendant opposes the request. (Doc. 20.) On December 14, 2020, Plaintiff filed a reply. (Doc. 21.) For the following reasons, Plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend is DENIED. I. Factual Allegations and Background Plaintiff alleges he was improperly held in custody based on erroneous identification after his arrest in Las Vegas and transfer to Kern County. He claims Kern County Sheriff Department employees failed to review the physical characteristics description attached to the outstanding warrant upon which he was arrested and failed to use fingerprint databases to ascertain his identity. (Doc. 1 at 15) Instead, they mistook him for Devon Jace Robinson, a…