LASD
Mohammed Mousa v. LASD
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 ) MOHAMMED MOUSA, ) Case No. CV 19-7607-AB (JEM) ) Plaintiff, ) ) MEMORANDUM AND ORDER v. ) DISMISSING FIRST AMENDED ) COMPLAINT WITH LEAVE TO AMEND LASD, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) ) 17 PROCEEDINGS On September 3, 2019, Mohammed Mousa (“Plaintiff”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a letter that was construed as a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (“Complaint”). On December 15, 2019, a First Amended Complaint (“FAC”) was filed. For the reasons set forth below, the Court finds that the FAC should be dismissed with leave to amend. PLAINTIFF’S ALLEGATIONS Plaintiff alleges that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (“LASD”) and Deputies Morisseau and Kerr violated his civil rights while he was detained at the Los Angeles County Jail. Plaintiff alleges the following: 28 Both Defend[a]nts crueled…