Lonnie L. Kocontes v. Orange County Sheriff s Department

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN DIVISION 11 LONNIE L. KOCONTES, ) No. SA CV 19-1968-PSG (PLA) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ORDER DISMISSING COMPLAINT WITH ) LEAVE TO AMEND ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF’S ) DEPARTMENT, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) 18 Plaintiff, an inmate at the Theo Lacy Jail, Orange, California (the “Jail”), filed a pro se civil rights action herein pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on October 16, 2019. (ECF No. 1). Plaintiff also filed a request to proceed without prepayment of the filing fee, which was subsequently granted. (ECF Nos. 2, 4). The Complaint names as defendants the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (“OCSD”); Global Tel Link Corp. (“GTL”), which is identified as contracting with the OCSD to provide the Jail’s “inmate phone system”; and ten “doe” defendants, who are not identified in any way. (ECF No. 1 at 3). Plaintiff lists as incident…