(PC) James v. Elk Grove Police Department

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 RONALD EUGENE JAMES, No. 2:21-cv-0683-TLN-EFB P Plaintiff, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATIONS

ELK GROVE POLICE DEPARTMENT, Defendant. 15 Plaintiff is a county jail inmate proceeding without counsel and in forma pauperis in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. After a dismissal by the court with leave to amend (ECF No. 13), plaintiff has filed a document titled “objections” (ECF No. 17), which takes the form of an amended complaint. So construed, the court has screened it and recommends that the amended complaint be dismissed without further leave to amend.2 /////

1 Accordingly, the July 22, 2021 findings and recommendations (ECF No. 16) issued after plaintiff failed to timely file an amended complaint in accordance with the court’s screening order are vacated.

2 Congress mandates that district courts engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek redress from a governmental…