Raul Cervantes Valenzuela v. V. Torres

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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9 10 RAUL CERVANTES VALENZUELA, Case No. CV 19-7559-CJC (KK) 11 Plaintiff, 12 v. ORDER DISMISSING FIRST

AMENDED COMPLAINT WITH

13 V. TORRES, ET AL., LEAVE TO AMEND 14 Defendants. 15 16 17 I. 18 INTRODUCTION 19 Plaintiff Raul Cervantes Valenzuela (“Plaintiff” or “Cervantes”), proceeding 20 pro se and in forma pauperis, filed a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) pursuant to 21 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Section 1983”) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). 22 As discussed below, the Court dismisses the FAC with leave to amend. 23 II. 24 BACKGROUND 25 On August 29, 2019, Cervantes, currently an inmate at California State Prison – 26 Los Angeles County in Lancaster, California (“CSP-LAC”), constructively filed1 a 27 Under the “mailbox rule,” when a pro se inmate gives prison authorities a 1 complaint (“Complaint”) pursuant to Section 1983 and the ADA against defendants…