(PC) Eastman v. Tuolumne County Jail
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOSEPH CLARENCE EASTMAN, Case No. 1:20-cv-1303-NONE-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
RECOMMENDING DISMISSAL OF
v. ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR
FAILURE TO STATE A CLAIM
TUOLUMNE COUNTY JAIL, et al., (ECF No. 18) Defendants.
FOURTEEN DAY DEADLINE
16 17 Plaintiff Joseph Clarence Eastman (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The Court screened Plaintiff’s complaint, filed on September 14, 2020, and granted leave to amend. (ECF No. 1.) On November 19, 2020, Plaintiff filed a notice regarding his amended complaint, which was entered on the Court’s docket on November 20, 2020. (ECF No. 11.) In that notice, Plaintiff stated that he filed his first amended complaint on October 29, 2020, which was before the deadline set by the Court. Plaintiff states that the jail staff and mailroom did not put enough postage on the envelope, and it 25 …